Our Approach
Resumes don't talk. People do.
Traditional ATS systems reject candidates based on keyword counts. We think that's broken. Zivaro lets candidates explain their experience in a real conversation — then gives your team the full transcript to decide.
The Problem
Keyword matching is a lazy proxy for skill.
Most hiring software screens resumes by counting keywords. If you don't have the right words in the right places, you're out — even if you're exactly what the team needs.
Traditional ATS
Resume gets parsed into keywords
Algorithm counts keyword matches
Below threshold? Auto-rejected
No context. No conversation. No appeal.
Zivaro
Candidate explains their experience in their own words
AI asks follow-up questions based on what they say
Responses evaluated for depth, reasoning, and fit
Human reviewer sees full transcript + AI assessment
The Difference
What actually changes
Keyword ATS | AI Conversation | |
|---|---|---|
| What gets evaluated | Keywords on a document | How someone explains their work |
| Who gets a chance | People who write resumes well | People who can actually do the job |
| Evidence for decisions | A match score | Full transcript + reasoning |
| Candidate experience | Submit and wait (often forever) | Have a real conversation |
| Bias potential | Encodes historical hiring patterns | Consistent questions for everyone |
Everyone deserves a chance to explain themselves.
A resume is a marketing document. It doesn't show how someone thinks through a problem, how they communicate under pressure, or whether they'd actually be good at the job. A conversation does.
How it works
Simple and transparent
Candidate applies
They get an invite to a voice interview. It's a conversation with an AI that asks about their experience and follows up on what they say.
AI captures everything
Full transcript, structured evaluation against your criteria, and the AI's assessment of how they did. Nothing hidden.
Your team decides
Review the evidence and make the call. Move forward, pass, or ask for a human follow-up. AI recommends, humans decide.
Being honest
What we don't claim
We think AI conversations are better than keyword matching. But we're not pretending AI is perfect.
AI is not perfect
Voice AI can mishear, misunderstand context, or miss nuance. That's why humans review everything.
Not a replacement for humans
AI handles the initial conversation. Your team makes the hiring decision based on the evidence.
We're still learning
We're in early access. Our first users are helping us figure out what works and what doesn't.
Our bet
Conversations reveal more than keywords ever could.
When you let someone explain their work in their own words, you learn things a resume can't tell you: how they think, how they communicate, what they actually know versus what they just listed.
That's the bet we're making. And we think it leads to better, fairer hiring decisions.
Early Access
We're a small team testing this idea with our first users. If this approach resonates with you, we'd love to work together.
Talk to usWant to see the difference?
We can set up a demo interview for a role you're hiring for. You'll see exactly what candidates experience and what evidence your team gets.