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Phone screens look free because nobody gets an invoice for them. They’re paid for in recruiter hours. Put in your numbers to see the monthly cost, and what it would be with an AI first round instead.
Include scheduling, the call itself and writing notes.
Salary plus overheads, in US dollars.
Reading the scores and evidence, and skimming the recording.
Phone screens cost you
$1,200 / month
30 h of recruiter time
With LessRounds
$450 / month
$250 in interview fees (first 10 free) + 5 h reviewing
Difference
$750 / month
25 h back on the calendar
Phone-screen cost = candidates × minutes per screen ÷ 60 × hourly cost. The LessRounds figure adds interview fees (the first 10 a month are free, then $5 each) to the time spent reviewing each interview at the same hourly cost. Every assumption is an input you can change.
Annual salary plus benefits and overheads, divided by working hours in a year. If you don’t know, use salary divided by 2,000 as a rough floor.
Because it’s real time. Emails back and forth, rescheduling and no-shows often take as long as the call.
Start with 10 free interviews a month. No card, no sales call.