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AI Resume Screening vs Manual Screening: Which is Better?

By Rajul Srivastava · Updated Aug 22, 2025 · 7 min read

Summary

Manual screening is slow, inconsistent, and hard to scale. AI screening evaluates skills and experience against the JD, producing fairer, faster shortlists. QuipHire combines AI scoring with bulk parsing and recruiter controls.

What is AI resume screening?

AI screening compares resumes with the JD to score role fit, highlight strengths, and flag missing skills—so recruiters can prioritize the right profiles first.

Problems with manual screening

Q: Why is manual screening slow?

Each resume takes attention and context-switching. At scale, this creates bottlenecks and delays.

Q: Is manual screening biased?

Unconscious bias creeps in—names, colleges, or formats can sway judgments.

Q: Does it scale?

Not well. High-volume roles quickly overwhelm recruiting teams.

Advantages of AI screening

  • Speed: Parse and rank 100+ resumes in under a minute.
  • Accuracy: Skill and experience matching against JD.
  • Fairness: Consistent criteria reduce bias variance.

Why QuipHire’s AI screening

  • Fit scores with reasoning (skills present/missing).
  • Bulk uploads for immediate triage.
  • Controls for recruiters to adjust weights and thresholds.
Rajul Srivastava

Rajul Srivastava

CBO/CPO, QuipHire — building AI-powered hiring that scales.

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