Screening Bot | Zoho Recruit

Screening Bot

The Screening Bot automates pre-screening assessments by allowing candidates to take tests for the jobs they’ve applied for. This ensures a smoother screening process, helping recruiters efficiently identify qualified candidates.

Availability 

Available for

Profile Permissions

Only Administrators can enable Screening Bot

Modules

Assessments

Plans

Enterprise, People Plus, and Zoho One

Editions

Staffing Agency and Corporate HR

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Important Note: The screening bot will be available for candidates only if you have enabled the Candidate Portal feature.

How to enable screening bot 

  • Go to Setup > Zia > Chatbot. Enable the toggle and click Manage under Screening Bot.

  • Firstly, personalize the chatbot with a Name and Welcome Message in the Bot Details section.

  • Next up, specify whether you wish to display the Screening Result within the bot and if you wish to Allow Candidate Notes under the Screening Bot Configuration section.Click Save when you are done.

  • Candidates will then be able to take screening tests for the jobs they have applied for, directly from your Career Site or Candidate Portal. Once they have applied for a job, they will need to choose the My Applications option to view their job applications.

  • They will then need to click Start Screening Test for the job they wish to take the test for.

  • After candidates finish and submit their screening test, their answers will be stored under the Answered Assessments section of their respective records in the Candidates module.

How are candidates disqualified? 

In Zoho Recruit's Assessments, Qualifier Questions are specific questions used to determine whether a candidate meets the minimum criteria for a job. These questions work like filters—candidates who answer them incorrectly can be automatically disqualified. See More Assessments

Now, while configuring the screening bot, you can choose to display the Screening Result of a candidate within the bot itself. If a candidate answers a Qualifier Question incorrectly while taking a bot screening test, the disqualification message configured in the setup page will be displayed within the bot window.
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For example, Are you willing to relocate? can be a qualifier question in a screening test, to which if a candidate answers No, they will be disqualified in their test.

Emailing screening bot tests to candidates 

As you may already know, you can send pre-screening assessments to candidates via email in Zoho Recruit (using the Submit Assessment - Candidate email template). Similarly, the screening bot has it own email template named Send Assessment - Screening Bot you can find under Setup > Customization > Templates > Email Templates.

Alternatively, you can also choose to edit the Submit Assessment - Candidate template and include the Bot URL (instead of the Assessment Form). While editing the template, select the Bot option under Include Assessment As.

Follow the steps given below send a bot assessment to candidates;
  • Go to the Candidates module and select the candidate you wish to send the bot assessment to and click the Send Email icon.

    Alternatively, you can also send assessments in bulk from the List View page.

  • Choose Send Assessment - Screening Bot under Choose Email Template and select which job opening you wish to screen them for under Select a Job Opening. Click Send when you are done.

  • The candidate will then receive the email with the Assessment Bot Link in their inbox.

  • Upon clicking the link, the Screening Bot page will be opened in a new tab. They can begin their screening test once they submit their consent by clicking Yes, I Agree.

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Important Note:

You will be shown the following error if you try to send emails using the Send Assessment - Screening Bot template when the chatbot feature is disabled.



You can choose to proceed with sending the email and use the Assessment Form option instead or enable bot if you wish to use Screening Bot.

Candidate Notes (Post Screening)

If you have enabled the Allow Candidate Notes toggle under Setup > Zia > Chatbot > Screening Bot, then candidates will be able to share their feedback after completing their screening test. This helps recruiters understand the candidate's experience, any doubts they have related to the job opening, follow-up questions about the screening test, their availability and more.


The feedback shared by the candidate will be added as a note to both the job opening and candidate record in your Recruit account. This note will be marked with the Candidate Note tag for added context.

Activity Log & Timeline

Whenever a candidate answers a test via the screening bot, it will be logged under Setup > Data Administration > Activity Log.


Additionally, this is also logged under the Timeline sub-tab of the candidate record.

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