AI candidate engagement

Reach the best candidates before anyone else.

Reach every applicant while interest is high, answer their questions before, during, and after the interview, and keep the conversation available without extending recruiter hours.

Candidate completing a Zeenna chat-based pre-screening invitation on a phone

Move while interest is high

Reach every applicant while the role is still top of mind.

Zeenna invites candidates to pre-screen just minutes after they apply, answers questions across the interview journey, and helps your team keep good candidates moving without delay.

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Omnichannel reach

Engage candidates instantly across SMS, WhatsApp, and email.

Today’s job seekers rarely sit in front of a desktop waiting for emails to arrive. SMS and WhatsApp alongside traditional email meet talent where they spend their time, break through crowded inboxes, and turn a slow recruitment process into a conversation that feels natural.

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The golden hour

Capture intent within the first hour with rapid response times.

A candidate’s enthusiasm is at its peak when they submit an application. Responding in those first sixty minutes helps secure top talent before they move to competing offers and signals that your company values their time from the first interaction.

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Always-on answers

Let candidates complete pre-screening and ask questions whenever it suits them.

Employed candidates often explore opportunities outside working hours. Zeenna keeps the experience available 24/7 and can answer questions before, during, and after the interview without requiring a recruiter to be online at night or during weekends.

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Automated drop-off recovery

Reactivate incomplete applications and verify candidate interest.

When a candidate gets distracted mid-application, Zeenna can send a configured reminder and invite them to continue. Your team can recover more incomplete journeys without adding manual follow-up work.

One connected candidate journey

Engagement is only valuable when it creates a better next step.

Zeenna carries candidate momentum beyond the first response, giving your team clearer evidence, fairer context, and a faster route to interview.

Understand the whole candidate

Add skills and evidence from the CV to the conversation, so recruiters see capability, not just wording.

Clarify concerns fairly

Surface inconsistencies as advisory signals and neutral questions. Zeenna never auto-rejects a candidate.

Turn momentum into a booked interview

When scheduling is enabled, candidates can choose from real availability without a calendar email chain.

Keep the journey connected

Return candidate evidence and next-step context to the ATS your recruiters already use.

See how always-on engagement works in context.

Follow what happens when an application arrives after hours and the configured candidate workflow starts immediately.

See how it works
Candidate receiving a Zeenna pre-screening invitation through mobile messaging

Immediate invitation

Turn an application into a conversation in minutes.

Meet candidates on SMS, WhatsApp, and email, answer their questions across the interview journey, and keep the process available around the clock. Faster engagement means fewer applicants lost to silence or delay.

Candidate capture

Respond while candidate interest is high.

91%

finish pre-screening in less than 24 hours

50%

are submitted during nights and weekends

24/7

candidate access outside recruiter hours

Figures reflect Zeenna’s published product usage and customer results.

New Yorker case study

See how New Yorker pre-screened 96% of candidates within 24 hours.

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Candidate engagement questions

Keep candidates informed without creating another inbox.

How channels, timing, question answering, follow-up, and ATS continuity fit together.

Which channels can Zeenna use?+

The current Zeenna experience supports candidate engagement through SMS, WhatsApp, and email. The exact channel setup depends on the configured workflow.

Frequently asked questions
Can candidates respond outside office hours?+

Yes. The candidate experience is available around the clock, so people can respond when it suits them without requiring a recruiter to be online.

What happens when a candidate pauses?+

Configured follow-ups can remind the candidate and invite them to continue, helping the hiring team recover incomplete journeys without adding manual chasing.

Can Zeenna answer candidate questions beyond pre-screening?+

Yes. Zeenna can answer candidate questions before, during, and after the interview, giving people a responsive source of information throughout the journey.

Can candidates book the next interview?+

Yes, when self-scheduling is enabled for the position. Zeenna can offer booking after configured conditions pass or after a manual invitation, then show the candidate only live times in their timezone.

Does candidate engagement happen outside the ATS?+

Zeenna is designed to keep the journey connected to the existing hiring workflow, with candidate context and next-step information returned to the ATS.

Ready to see it in your workflow?

See candidate engagement in your workflow.

Walk through the channels, candidate questions, timing, follow-up, and ATS handoff for your hiring process.

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