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Low candidate reachability
Each candidate verification took around 15 minutes.
GrandOptical customer story
How GrandOptical transformed its hiring efficiency.
With Zeenna handling first contact and pre-screening, GrandOptical shortened candidate verification and improved response across its hiring process.
86%
candidate response rate within 24 hours
- HQ
- Italy
- Company size
- 200,000
- Industry
- Retail
- Branches
- 18,000
The starting gap
Candidate demand was moving faster than manual screening.
02
Application drop-off
Candidates dropped between application and first contact.
03
Need to scale AI screening
The team needed to automate first contact across roles.
The hiring brief
Make first-stage hiring faster without losing recruiter control.
Reduce the time
Needed for candidate verification.
Increase reach
Increase the percentage of applicants reached.
Improve performance
Improve efficiency across the HR process.
“I’m amazed at how much time this tool saves and how much easier it makes my work. Instead of a 15-minute call, I review all necessary information in just 1 minute. Since using pre-screening, my response rate has jumped to over 86% within a few hours.”
Pavla Cinglanská
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, GrandOptical, CZ&SK branch
Measured outcomes
Faster progress, backed by proof.
The impact shows up in recruiter time, candidate reach, and the speed of first-stage hiring.
86%
candidate response rate within 24 hours
One-minute result review
Replaced a 15-minute verification call with major time and capacity savings.
1h 33m
average response time
86% response within 24 hours
Most candidates now respond in the first day.
82%
candidate response rate
More qualified interviews
Better reachability and fewer no-shows.
The business impact.
A stronger first-stage workflow created measurable gains across speed, capacity, reach, and recruiter confidence.
Speed
Candidate information could be reviewed in one minute instead of a 15-minute call.
Reach
86% of candidates responded within 24 hours.
Capacity
Recruiters recovered time previously spent on manual verification calls.
Quality
Better reachability supported more qualified interviews and fewer no-shows.
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Walk through engagement, screening, evidence, ATS writeback, and recruiter-controlled handoff.
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