I built an AI job application screener but it's not allowed to reject anyone

Built an n8n workflow that screens job applications automatically, made specifically to save recruiters time without taking the decision out of their hands:

🧠 Scores each applicant against a rubric stored in Airtable — no hardcoded prompts
🚫 Bad-format resumes get flagged for a human, not auto-rejected
🛡️ Sanitizes resume text against prompt injection before it hits the LLM
✅ Every score comes with reasoning + confidence, never just a number
👤 AI does the reading, recruiter clicks Approve/Reject — Airtable updates automatically

For recruiters, this means the tedious first pass (reading, matching against criteria, checking availability/skills) is already done by the time you open a candidate — you're reviewing a clean scorecard instead of a raw resume, and you still make every call.

Question for the group: should AI screening tools ever be allowed to auto-reject, or is "AI recommends, human decides" the right default for hiring?

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I built an AI job application screener but it's not allowed to reject anyone