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The problem

Recruiter screening calls are repetitive and time-consuming

Published March 18, 2026 · by Mike Jones, Distills

The typical job search involves dozens of nearly identical conversations. A recruiter finds your profile, schedules a 30-minute call, and spends the first 20 minutes asking the same questions every other recruiter asked last week. You explain your background, your current situation, what you are looking for, and why you left your last role — over and over, to people who may not even have an open role that matches what you want.

This is not a failure of recruiters. It is a structural problem: they have no way to learn your background before the call. Your resume answers some questions but not the conversational ones. What kind of environments do you thrive in? Have you worked with distributed teams? What is your preferred tech stack? Are you open to contract work? The only way to find out is to ask you directly — which means scheduling a call.

The result is a tax on your time. You are spending hours on calls where the goal is simply to pre-qualify whether a conversation is worth having at all. That is the problem Distills was built to solve.

Without Distills
  • 20+ minutes per call explaining the same background
  • Recruiters call without knowing if you are a fit
  • No way to filter calls by quality before they happen
  • Irrelevant calls waste morning focus hours
  • No record of what recruiters actually cared about
With Distills
  • Recruiters chat with your AI before scheduling
  • Calls start from a shared understanding
  • Recruiters who are not a fit self-select out
  • Your time goes to calls that are already warm
  • Analytics show what recruiters asked most
The solution

Share one link. Let the AI handle the initial questions.

A Distills AI profile is a hosted page at distills.app/c/your-name where visitors can have a live text conversation with an AI trained on your specific career history. It speaks in first person as you — "I led...", "My background is...", "I have worked with..." — drawing from your resume, portfolio, and interview responses in real time.

When you include your Distills link in a job application email, cover letter, or LinkedIn message, you are giving recruiters a way to qualify themselves before requesting a call. A recruiter can ask "have you managed engineers?" or "are you open to remote-only roles?" and get a direct answer immediately — without waiting for a calendar slot. Recruiters who like what they find schedule calls that are already substantive. Those who find you are not a fit move on without either of you wasting time.

This is not about replacing the call. It is about making the call worth having. When a recruiter already knows your background, your call skips the first twenty minutes and goes straight to the part that matters: the role, the team, and whether there is a real fit.

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Setup process

Four steps. Under an hour.

The full setup — documents, AI interview, and your live profile link — takes about 30 to 45 minutes.

1

Upload your career documents

Start with your resume as the foundation. Then add anything that gives the AI more to work with: portfolio case studies, a LinkedIn export, project write-ups, or notes on your target roles. The more material you provide, the more depth your AI profile will have. Supported formats include PDF and plain text. The AI extracts structured content from every document you upload.

2

Complete the AI interview

The AI conducts a structured interview of 20 to 30 exchanges designed to draw out the context, stories, and nuance that documents alone cannot capture. It asks about your biggest projects, your working style, what you are looking for in your next role, and the kinds of questions that come up on actual recruiter calls. Tip: use a voice-to-text tool like Wispr Flow to answer by speaking — it cuts the time in half and produces more natural, conversational answers that your AI will use verbatim.

3

Get your shareable profile link

Your AI profile is built at distills.app/c/your-name (Pro and Career tiers). The profile page is a live, indexed web page that any visitor can chat with. The AI draws from a structured knowledge base of 100 to 150 entries extracted from your documents and interview. It answers in first person, in real time, with responses specific to your actual background — not generic AI output. Pro and Career profiles also include a resume download button so recruiters can grab your PDF in the same visit.

4

Share the link where recruiters will find it

Add the link to your LinkedIn About section. Put it in your email signature. Include it in cover letters with a line like "Chat with my AI profile before we connect: distills.app/c/your-name." Send it in follow-up emails after applications. The link works on any device — recruiters can explore it between meetings on their phone. Every visitor who chats becomes a warmer call, and every visitor who self-selects out is time you get back.

What happens after

Visitors chat. You get signal. You take only the calls that matter.

Once your profile is live, recruiters who visit your link can ask your AI anything they would normally ask in a screening call — your background, your experience with specific technologies, your team size preferences, your target role type, your compensation expectations if you have shared them. The AI answers every question from your actual knowledge base, in first person, in real time.

On Pro and Career tiers, your analytics dashboard tracks every visit and every conversation. You can see which topics came up most often, what specific questions recruiters asked, and where your AI could not give a strong answer — which is a direct signal about gaps in your profile content. If recruiters keep asking about a topic and the AI cannot answer it well, you can add that material to your knowledge base and regenerate. Over time, your profile gets better at handling the questions that actually come up in your job search.

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Recruiters self-qualify

Visitors who chat and like what they find schedule calls. Those who find the fit is wrong move on without either party wasting time on a call that was never going to work.

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Analytics tell you what they cared about

See which topics came up most often, what specific questions were asked, and how many people chatted vs. just visited. Real signal from your actual job search.

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Calls start warmer

Recruiters who do schedule a call already know your background. The call skips the first 20 minutes and goes straight to the role, the team, and whether there is a real fit.

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Gaps surface before they hurt you

If the AI struggles to answer certain questions, the analytics show you exactly where — so you can strengthen those areas before the next batch of recruiters visits.

30–45
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100+
knowledge entries extracted from your documents and interview
24/7
your AI answers questions even when you are unavailable
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers about using Distills in your job search.

Yes. Entry-level job seekers often struggle most with the "tell me about yourself" question because their work history is short. Distills lets you build depth from everything relevant — class projects, internships, side projects, volunteer work, and your actual goals and working style. The AI interview surfaces detail and context that a one-page resume cannot. Recruiters who chat with your profile get a real sense of who you are, not just a list of internships.
Upload your current resume as the foundation. Then add anything that gives the AI more to work with: a LinkedIn export, portfolio case studies, project write-ups, a cover letter template, or notes about your target roles. During the AI interview, answer questions thoroughly — the interview is designed to pull out the stories and context that bullet points cannot capture. The more material you provide, the more specific and useful the AI's answers will be.
Recruiters are increasingly comfortable with AI-powered tools. When you include your Distills link in a cover letter or email as an invitation to "learn more before our call," most recruiters will visit — especially if they are curious or doing a preliminary screen. The key is framing: present it as a convenience for them, not a novelty. Recruiters who visit arrive informed, which shortens your calls and improves their quality.
Add it to your LinkedIn About section as a direct link. Include it in your email signature as "AI profile: distills.app/c/your-name". In application cover letters, add a line like "Feel free to chat with my AI profile before we connect: distills.app/c/your-name." In follow-up emails after submitting an application, offer it as a way to answer questions ahead of a call. The link works on any device — recruiters can explore it between meetings on their phone.
LinkedIn is a discovery and credentialing platform — recruiters search it and it signals that you exist and have a history. Distills is a depth layer: once someone finds you, your AI profile lets them have a real conversation instead of reading a static page. A recruiter can ask your Distills AI "what kind of team environment do you work best in?" or "have you worked with enterprise clients?" and get a specific answer drawn from your actual experience — something LinkedIn cannot do. Most job seekers link both: their LinkedIn profile points to their Distills link.
Yes, with a Pro or Career tier plan. The analytics dashboard shows which topics came up most often, what specific questions were asked, and how many people visited versus how many had a conversation. This data tells you what recruiters are curious about — and where your profile might have gaps. If recruiters keep asking about a topic your AI cannot answer well, you can add that material to your knowledge base and regenerate your profile.
No. Your resume is still essential for formal job applications, especially those that go through applicant tracking systems (ATS). Distills is the conversational layer that sits alongside your resume — it handles the questions that a resume cannot answer. Pro and Career profiles also include a resume download button on the profile page, so a recruiter who chats with your AI can download your actual resume in the same visit. You can learn more about how Distills and resume builders work together at distills.app/vs-resume-builders.

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