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From 14.5 Hours
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How a NZ Financial Institution screened 125 graduate applications 97% faster with PreviewMe AI.

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Time Saved

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Hit Rate

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The Hypothesis

Can AI Match Human Screening Quality at 80% Faster?

Hypothesis: AI application screening (with video and documents) compared to manual screening will be 80% faster while maintaining materially reliable accuracy, free from bias.

The Customer

  • Listed NZ Financial Institution
  • NZD $500m+ market cap
  • 300+ employees
  • Graduate recruitment drive Jul-Sep 2025

The Application Process

  • CV + Cover Letter
  • Academic Transcript + RTW Form
  • 1-minute video on company values
  • Open to all academic backgrounds
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Time Comparison

Screening Time: Manual vs AI

The same 125 applications. The same hiring criteria. Dramatically different time investment.

Manual Screening
14.5 hours
870 minutes

10 days of screening at ~7 min per applicant

PreviewMe AI
25 minutes
25 min

Complete analysis with ranking & reasoning

Time Saved

14+ Hours

97.3% reduction in screening time

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By The Numbers

What PreviewMe AI Processed

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Applications

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Videos

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Video Minutes

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Documents

Content Analyzed per Application

1.16 avg videos

Video Responses

1 min each on values

2.9 avg docs

Documents

CV, Cover, Transcript, RTW

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Results

AI Shortlist Accuracy: The Proof

PreviewMe AI ranked all 125 applicants. Here's where the actual hires appeared in that ranking.

Finance Graduate Hires

4 of 4

All successful finance hires were in AI's Top 20

Where Actual Hires Ranked in AI's Shortlist

AI Top 10 2 hires (50%)
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2
AI Rank 11-20 2 hires (50%)
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4
AI Rank 21-125 0 hires (0%)
No successful hires outside Top 20

Hit Rate

100%

All 4 finance graduate offers went to candidates in PreviewMe's Top 20

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From Top 10

2

From Rank 11-20

6

Total Roles Filled

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Key Findings

What We Learned

97% Time Reduction Validated

The hypothesis of 80% time savings was exceeded. AI screening at 25 minutes vs 14.5 hours represents a 97.3% efficiency gain.

Reliable Accuracy Confirmed

All 4 finance graduate offers went to applicants in PreviewMe's Top 20. The AI shortlist was robust enough to serve as the adopted shortlist.

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Rich Interview Prep Included

AI provided executive summaries, strengths, weaknesses, and communication assessments for every applicant—supplementary interview notes ready to use.

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Criteria Alignment Matters

When internal hiring criteria was precisely input, 13 of the customer's top candidates appeared in PvM's Top 20. Quality in = quality out.

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Your ROI Calculator

Calculate Your Savings

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$/hour $100
$30 $250

Include salary, benefits, and overhead

applicants 125
25 500

Average across your recruitment drives

drives/year 4
1 12

Your Potential Savings

Hours Saved / Intake

14

vs manual screening

$ Saved / Intake

$1,400

at your rate

Annual Savings

$5,600

56 hours/year

Manual: 875 min (14.6 hrs) | AI: 11.5 min | Savings: 99%

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