Cooper does what they promise – reliably, quickly, and without fuss. That's rare in recruiting tech, and we appreciate it.
Andreas Friedmann
Director Sales and Business Development — Breitseite GmbH
Cooper for candidate screening
Candidate screening software.Read the whole funnel, not just the first page.
Screening is where a hiring process quietly loses people. Cooper reads every application against the criteria you set, captures the evidence, and moves qualified candidates to a consistent first conversation before the shortlist gets smaller than it should.
Trusted by teams that want a fairer first look
Give every applicant the same starting point and give your recruiters the evidence behind the recommendation.
THE CANDIDATE SCREENING CHALLENGE
The first screen should find signal, not simply reduce the number of people.
The first fifty set the bar for everyone after them
When volume rises, recruiters use shortcuts to survive the queue. Later applicants get less attention even when they could be the better fit.
Keywords hide the difference between relevant and right
A resume can contain the right words without showing how someone solves problems, communicates, or would work in the role.
A no can be faster than an honest read
Teams often reject because there is no time to investigate. A consistent screen creates more useful next steps without asking recruiters to read forever.
THE PLATFORM
An AI screening team that reads with a rubric
Cooper makes the first pass complete and explainable. Scout reads, Robin adds a conversation, and your team receives a record it can review rather than a black-box score.
THE IMPACT
What changes when screening means reading every applicant
100%
Of applications assessed against the same rubric
1
Evidence-backed record per candidate
24/7
Screening that does not wait for office hours
HOW IT WORKS
How candidate screening becomes a better first decision
Make the first pass consistent, then add the human context that helps the team decide.
- 1
Set the role rubric
Choose the skills, experience, constraints, and behaviours that matter for this role.
- 2
Scout reads every application
Every applicant receives the same first assessment, with evidence captured against the criteria.
- 3
Robin interviews the people who qualify
A structured first conversation adds signal around motivation, communication, and problem-solving.
- 4
Your team reviews the complete record
Recruiters and managers see a ranked summary and make the next decision with context.
See how Cooper can support the recruiting workflow you run today.
Cooper vs screening candidates until the queue is short
Cooper
Manual candidate screening
Coverage
Every applicant gets a first read
A subset gets the team's time
Assessment
Shared rubric with evidence
Resume scan and instinct
First conversation
Everyone who qualifies
Only the shortlist
Candidate record
Score, answers, transcript, and reason
Notes spread across tools
Consistency
Same criteria from first to last
Changes with volume and reviewer
Recruiter time
Spent on judgment and relationships
Spent clearing the queue
Cooper
Manual candidate screening
Coverage
Every applicant gets a first read
A subset gets the team's time
Assessment
Shared rubric with evidence
Resume scan and instinct
First conversation
Everyone who qualifies
Only the shortlist
Candidate record
Score, answers, transcript, and reason
Notes spread across tools
Consistency
Same criteria from first to last
Changes with volume and reviewer
Recruiter time
Spent on judgment and relationships
Spent clearing the queue
Use cases
Built for every first screen that should be better
Use the same evidence-first foundation whether the role is specialist, seasonal, or part of a large intake.
Candidate screening teams
A complete first look, ready for a human decision
Cooper was almost self-explanatory from day one — barely any onboarding needed. It's given us real time savings and a much clearer overview of our hiring process. For a mid-sized team like ours, it's a great solution.
Florian Richter
CEO — Boda Borg Germany
Cooper helped us quickly find qualified freelancers while making the entire hiring process simple and efficient.
Cora Lode
Owner — Cora Lode Interiors
Cooper has become an essential part of our hiring process. It's intuitive, saves us time, and helps us quickly find qualified candidates—with outstanding support whenever we need it.
Sibylle Schmidt
Owner — Steuerberatung Schmidt
Cooper does what they promise – reliably, quickly, and without fuss. That's rare in recruiting tech, and we appreciate it.
Andreas Friedmann
Director Sales and Business Development — Breitseite GmbH
Cooper was almost self-explanatory from day one — barely any onboarding needed. It's given us real time savings and a much clearer overview of our hiring process. For a mid-sized team like ours, it's a great solution.
Florian Richter
CEO — Boda Borg Germany
Cooper helped us quickly find qualified freelancers while making the entire hiring process simple and efficient.
Cora Lode
Owner — Cora Lode Interiors
Cooper has become an essential part of our hiring process. It's intuitive, saves us time, and helps us quickly find qualified candidates—with outstanding support whenever we need it.
Sibylle Schmidt
Owner — Steuerberatung Schmidt
Cooper does what they promise – reliably, quickly, and without fuss. That's rare in recruiting tech, and we appreciate it.
Andreas Friedmann
Director Sales and Business Development — Breitseite GmbH
Cooper was almost self-explanatory from day one — barely any onboarding needed. It's given us real time savings and a much clearer overview of our hiring process. For a mid-sized team like ours, it's a great solution.
Florian Richter
CEO — Boda Borg Germany
Cooper helped us quickly find qualified freelancers while making the entire hiring process simple and efficient.
Cora Lode
Owner — Cora Lode Interiors
Cooper has become an essential part of our hiring process. It's intuitive, saves us time, and helps us quickly find qualified candidates—with outstanding support whenever we need it.
Sibylle Schmidt
Owner — Steuerberatung Schmidt
Cooper does what they promise – reliably, quickly, and without fuss. That's rare in recruiting tech, and we appreciate it.
Andreas Friedmann
Director Sales and Business Development — Breitseite GmbH
Cooper was almost self-explanatory from day one — barely any onboarding needed. It's given us real time savings and a much clearer overview of our hiring process. For a mid-sized team like ours, it's a great solution.
Florian Richter
CEO — Boda Borg Germany
Cooper helped us quickly find qualified freelancers while making the entire hiring process simple and efficient.
Cora Lode
Owner — Cora Lode Interiors
Cooper has become an essential part of our hiring process. It's intuitive, saves us time, and helps us quickly find qualified candidates—with outstanding support whenever we need it.
Sibylle Schmidt
Owner — Steuerberatung Schmidt
Security & data protection
Screening evidence your team can review and govern
Data stored in Europe
Your data lives on European servers and never leaves.
GDPR ready
Built to meet European data protection requirements from day one.
Never used to train AI
Your hiring data and candidate information stays yours — always.
Access controls
Role-based permissions for every member of your team.
Encryption
All data protected in transit and at rest.
Audit logs
A full record of every change made to your data.
- Candidate screening software assesses applications against a role's criteria so recruiters can focus on the people and decisions that need human attention. Cooper adds a structured first interview and evidence-backed summaries.
- That is the point of the workflow. You define the rubric, and Scout assesses each application against it rather than stopping when the shortlist is full.
- Yes. Criteria can reflect the role, team, location, experience, skills, availability, and the evidence your hiring process needs to see.
- Cooper brings together the criteria, application evidence, and first interview answers so your team can review why a candidate progressed instead of receiving only a hidden score.
- Yes. Robin can run a structured first conversation with candidates who meet the criteria, giving every qualified person a comparable chance to add context.
- Cooper helps assess and prioritise candidates, but your team owns the criteria, review, and final hiring decision. The workflow is designed to make the reasoning visible.
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Read the whole funnel. Decide with the evidence.
Bring one role and a real applicant queue to a demo. We will show how Scout and Robin can make the first screen complete.