How SM-Stratagem Reduced Screening Time by 60%

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The Challenge

SM-Stratagem is a boutique strategy consulting firm in Dubai. With rapid growth, they needed to hire across multiple roles — from analysts to senior consultants — but their recruiting team hadn't grown.

The bottleneck was screening. Each role attracted 100+ applicants. The team spent hours reading resumes and scheduling initial calls, only to find that many candidates weren't the right fit.

The Approach

SM-Stratagem deployed Voxxhire to handle first-stage screening:

1. Knowledge base setup — They added company context, role details, and evaluation criteria for each open position
2. Threshold policies — Configured minimum requirements for work authorization, experience level, and relevant skills
3. AI-assisted interviews — Candidates who passed threshold screening received interview invites automatically
4. Scorecard review — The recruiting team reviewed AI-generated scorecards instead of raw resumes

The Results

After three months:

• 60% reduction in time spent on initial screening
• 3x more candidates screened with the same team size
• Higher quality shortlist — Hiring managers reported that AI-screened candidates were better prepared for final interviews
• Better candidate feedback — Candidates preferred the conversational AI interview over traditional phone screens

What They Said

"We were spending 4-5 hours per role just on initial screening. Now the AI handles that, and we review scorecards in 20 minutes. The signal is better than what we got from phone screens."

— Hiring Manager, SM-Stratagem

Key Takeaways

• AI-assisted screening works best when paired with clear role criteria and company context
• Threshold policies reduce manual review without removing human oversight
• Scorecards give hiring managers better evidence than resume keywords
• The system improves over time as the knowledge base grows