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A step-by-step walkthrough for running an EX Phone Screen, Exterview’s short automated phone screen. EX Phone Screen is Available today.
Running EX Phone Screen

Before you start

You need a configured role with EX Phone Screen enabled, and a candidate to call. See Configure and Session Types.

Steps

1

Enable EX Phone Screen for the role

Turn on the phone screen for the pipeline stage where it should run, and confirm the number of questions.
Enable EX Phone Screen for the role
2

Confirm the question script and rubric

Review the screening questions and the rubric the agent scores against. See How to Set Scoring Weights.
Confirm the question script and rubric
3

Trigger the call

Start the call for a candidate, or trigger in bulk. The agent places the outbound call. See Invite Flows.
Trigger the call
4

Candidate completes the call

The candidate answers and completes the screen with the agent. The call is recorded and transcribed.
Candidate completes the call
5

Scoring and critic evaluation run

The agent scores the call against the rubric, and the critic layer evaluates the output before it surfaces. See AI Observability.
Scoring and critic evaluation run
6

Review the Phone Call Report

Open the Phone Call Report, read the score, transcript, and evidence, and check any critic flags. See Session Reports.
Review the Phone Call Report
7

Make the decision

A human reviewer decides and advances or holds the candidate. No adverse decision is made autonomously.
Make the decision

FAQs

A Phone Call Report, reviewed in Monitor.
Yes. Trigger calls individually or in bulk; each completed call produces its own report.
Yes. The report is decision support; a human owns the outcome.

Session Types

The full agent catalogue with availability.

Session Reports

What the Phone Call Report contains.

EX Voice

The usual next step for a deeper interview.