> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to Run an AI Phone Screen

> How to trigger and review an AI-led outbound phone screen: no recruiter dialing required.

**AI.** AI Phone Screener initiates outbound AI phone screens, so no recruiter has to dial.

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## Before you start

The role needs a phone screen stage in its pipeline. See [Design your hiring pipeline](/guides/setup-pipeline).

## Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enable phone screening for a role">
    Confirm the phone screen stage is on for the role's pipeline.

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  </Step>

  <Step title="Trigger the call">
    Start the AI phone call to a candidate.

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  </Step>

  <Step title="AI conducts the structured call">
    The agent runs the screen without a human on the line.

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  </Step>

  <Step title="Review the call report">
    Read the AI-generated phone screen report.

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  </Step>

  <Step title="Advance or reject">
    Move the candidate forward, or close them out.

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## FAQs

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  <Accordion title="Does a recruiter join the call?">
    No. The AI agent conducts the entire call; you review the report afterward.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What happens if the candidate doesn't answer?">
    See [Understand Scoring Gates](/guides/setup-gates) for how incomplete sessions are handled.
  </Accordion>
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