Less screening. Better hires.
Applications, aptitude tests, interviews and reference checks in one place. Velma screens every applicant for you, so your time goes to the strongest candidates.
Front of House Manager
The Wren · 283 candidates
Sorted by Velma score
AI interview
Amara Mensah
18 min · Completed today
92
/ 100
Guest care
9.4
Leadership
8.9
Communication
9.1
“Calm and kind with an upset guest. A clear leader on a busy floor.”
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Reference check · Amara
Jo Patel
Manager · Dishoom
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Sam Wells
Peer · Dishoom
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91%
of hiring managers have caught or suspected AI faking a candidate's skills
74%
worry more about fake credentials than they did a year ago
46%
of job seekers say their trust in hiring has dropped this year
68%
of hiring managers are doing more hands-on screening than last year
Hiring-industry data, not a Velma result. Source: Greenhouse, 2025 AI in Hiring Report (US figures; survey of 4,100+ job seekers, recruiters, and hiring managers across the US, UK, Ireland, and Germany).
How it works
Build the
pipeline your way.
Pick the stages you need, in the order you run them. Velma handles and scores the stages that don't need a person, so your team can focus on the ones that do.
New applications
Stage
Jamie Rivera
Daniel Okafor
Mei Lin
Jordan Kim
Careers page & application scoring
Candidates apply through an application form you design. Each one is scored on arrival and lands in your pipeline, ready for review.
No resume pile to sort.
New applications
Stage
Jamie Rivera
Daniel Okafor
Mei Lin
Jordan Kim
Aptitude tests
Short tests of reasoning, judgment, risk and planning.
Measures ability, not just experience.
Aptitude · Jamie Rivera
Stage
Reasoning
82
Judgment
76
Risk
71
Planning
84
AI voice interview
Choose the questions to ask and the skills to evaluate. Velma runs the interview on the candidate's schedule.
Every interview comes back with a score, transcript, answers, and strengths and weaknesses.
AI interview · Jamie Rivera
Stage
Jamie Rivera
Customer Service Representative · Completed Apr 28
87
/ 100
Communication
9.1
Empathy
8.4
Problem solving
8.8
Culture fit
7.6
Velma's Verdict
“Jamie stays calm under pressure and turns frustrated customers around without sounding scripted. Ready for the floor in week one. Watch for: offers refunds before checking policy.”
Transcript · 22 min · 38 turns
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04:12 · VELMA
Tell me about a time a customer was upset and you turned it around.
04:18 · JAMIE
A guest's booking had been cancelled by mistake on a fully booked night. I apologised first, then called two nearby hotels while they waited and found them a room at the same rate, so they left with a plan instead of a complaint...
In-person interview recording
Record your own interviews with a live transcript.
Your team stays present. The notes write themselves.
Onsite · Role play
Stage
Recording · 18:42
Sarah
A guest says their room isn't ready. What do you do?
Jamie
Apologise first, offer to hold their bags, then give them a time I can keep…
Reference checks
Velma collects referees from the candidate, contacts each one and writes up a summary.
No more phone tag.
References · Jamie Rivera
Stage
Reference check
2 of 2 referees replied · summarised by Velma
Your own stages
Add trial shifts, hiring manager reviews or anything else your process needs.
Velma fits your process, not the other way round.
Add a stage
Stage
The Velma Hire console
One place for every interview, every candidate, every signal.
velma-ai.com/dashboard/overview
Open roles
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+ New interview
Sent this week
342
Completed
241
Avg. score
74.2
Time-to-shortlist
18h
Role
Sent
Completed
Avg. Score
Status
Customer Service Representative
Support · Chicago
184
132
81.4
Front Desk Associate
Front of House · Austin
87
41
76.2
Guest Services Lead
Hospitality · London
91
68
71.8
Candidate profile
Every signal, one view.
Scores from every stage sit next to your team's notes, so deciding who moves forward takes minutes, not another meeting.
Amara Mensah
Front of House Manager · Trial shift, Thursday
Application
Scored on apply
AI voice interview
18 min · transcript and sub-scores
In-person interview
45 min · recorded with live transcript
Reference check
2 of 2 referees replied · summarised by Velma
Sophie Martin
Recruiter
Note · 2h ago
Ran the floor through Thursday's dinner rush and the team took to her straight away. Booking a final chat with Dan this week.
“
We had over 200 applicants for our MOA position. With Velma, our hiring team narrowed down to the 15 who showed true promise.
HR Specialist · Symphony Health
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