Glossary

AI recruiting terms explained

Plain-language definitions of BerriBot products and the AI hiring concepts behind them.

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A

Adaptive Conversational AI: An AI system that adjusts the content, tone, and depth of its questions in real time based on a candidate's responses, ensuring each interview is relevant rather than scripted.Related: Berri MasterMind, AI Interview
AI Interview: An asynchronous or live interview conducted by an AI agent that asks questions, evaluates answers, and generates a scorecard—without requiring a human interviewer to be present.Related: Berri MasterMind, Instant Insight Scorecard
AI Recruiting: The use of artificial intelligence to automate or augment parts of the hiring process—including resume screening, candidate outreach, interview scheduling, live interviews, and fraud prevention.Related: Berri 360, ATS
ATS (Applicant Tracking System): Software used by recruiting teams to manage job postings, applications, and candidate pipelines. BerriBot integrates with existing ATS platforms and can re-activate dormant ATS databases.Related: Dormant ATS Database Activation, Berri Connect

B

Behavioral Anomaly Detection: A proctoring capability that identifies unusual candidate behavior—such as looking away, leaving the frame, or switching applications—during a remote assessment or interview.Related: Berri Proctor, Environmental Scene Analysis
Berri 360: BerriBot's end-to-end hiring agent that handles the full recruiting workflow—screening, outreach, interviewing, and fraud prevention—without constant human intervention.Related: Unified Agent Architecture, AI Recruiting
Berri Connect: BerriBot's candidate outreach and scheduling product. It reaches candidates across multiple channels, verifies contact details via Truecaller, handles scheduling coordination, and re-engages dormant ATS records.Related: Truecaller Verified, Multi-channel Nudges, Dormant ATS Database Activation
Berri MasterMind: BerriBot's AI interview platform that standardises first-round interviews at scale using adaptive conversational AI, multilingual support, integrated proctoring, and bias-free scoring.Related: Adaptive Conversational AI, Bias-Free Scoring, Instant Insight Scorecard
Berri Proctor: BerriBot's remote proctoring product that monitors candidates during assessments using identity verification, environmental scene analysis, behavioral anomaly detection, and active browser monitoring.Related: Identity Verification, Behavioral Anomaly Detection, Automated Integrity Report
Berri Search & Match: BerriBot's resume screening and matching product. It parses candidate profiles against a job description and returns a ranked shortlist using the Match Ranking Index.Related: Match Ranking Index (MRI), Semantic Profile Parsing, Shortlist
Berri Talent: BerriBot's candidate-facing network where job seekers earn certifications and get matched with verified hiring partners.Related: Berri Certified
Berri Tutor: BerriBot's AI-powered learning product that helps candidates and employees build skills aligned with hiring requirements.
Bias-Free Scoring: A scoring approach in which candidates are evaluated against structured, role-specific criteria rather than demographic or subjective signals, reducing unconscious bias in shortlisting and interview evaluation.Related: Berri MasterMind, Multi-Dimensional Evaluation

C

CEFR Communication Analysis: An assessment of a candidate's spoken or written language proficiency mapped to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) levels (A1–C2). Used by Berri Connect to qualify candidates for communication-intensive roles.Related: Berri Connect

D

Dormant ATS Database Activation: The process of re-engaging candidates already in a company's ATS who were previously screened but not hired. BerriBot identifies and re-contacts qualified past applicants automatically.Related: Berri Connect, ATS

E

Environmental Scene Analysis: A proctoring check that evaluates the candidate's physical environment—lighting, background, presence of other people or devices—before and during a remote interview or assessment.Related: Berri Proctor

I

Identity Verification: A step in the proctoring process that confirms a candidate is who they claim to be, typically by cross-referencing a government-issued ID with a live camera capture.Related: Berri Proctor, Interview Fraud Prevention
Instant Insight Scorecard: An automatically generated report produced after a BerriBot AI interview that summarises a candidate's responses, competency scores, and key observations—delivered to the recruiter in real time.Related: Berri MasterMind, AI Interview
Interview Fraud Prevention: A set of controls—including identity verification, proctoring, and behavioral monitoring—designed to ensure candidates complete assessments and interviews without impersonation or assistance.Related: Berri Proctor, Berri 360

J

JD (Job Description): A written document that describes the responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for a role. BerriBot uses the JD as the primary input for resume screening, interview design, and candidate matching.Related: Berri Search & Match, Match Ranking Index (MRI)

M

Match Ranking Index (MRI): BerriBot's proprietary scoring mechanism that evaluates and ranks candidates against a job description based on skills, experience, and role-specific parameters, surfacing the top-fit shortlist.Related: Berri Search & Match, Shortlist
Multi-channel Nudges: Automated reminders sent to candidates across multiple communication channels—such as email, SMS, and WhatsApp—to prompt action at key stages of the hiring process.Related: Berri Connect, Omnichannel Candidate Engagement
Multi-Dimensional Evaluation: An interview scoring approach that assesses candidates across several competency dimensions simultaneously—such as communication, technical knowledge, and problem-solving—rather than a single overall score.Related: Berri MasterMind, Instant Insight Scorecard

O

Omnichannel Candidate Engagement: Reaching and communicating with candidates across multiple channels (email, SMS, WhatsApp, phone) in a coordinated way to maximise response rates and reduce drop-off.Related: Berri Connect, Berri 360

S

Semantic Profile Parsing: The process of extracting structured information from a candidate's resume using natural language understanding—identifying skills, experience, education, and other relevant attributes beyond simple keyword matching.Related: Berri Search & Match, Match Ranking Index (MRI)
Shortlist: A ranked subset of candidates selected from a larger applicant pool as the best fits for a role. BerriBot generates shortlists automatically by scoring candidates against the job description.Related: Berri Search & Match, Match Ranking Index (MRI)

T

Truecaller Verified: A contact validation step in Berri Connect that confirms a candidate's phone number is active and linked to a real identity using Truecaller's database, reducing wasted outreach on invalid contacts.Related: Berri Connect

U

Unified Agent Architecture: The design principle behind Berri 360, where a single AI agent orchestrates all stages of the recruiting workflow—screening, outreach, interviewing, and fraud prevention—without requiring separate tools or human handoffs.Related: Berri 360

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Adaptive Conversational AI

An AI system that adjusts the content, tone, and depth of its questions in real time based on a candidate's responses, ensuring each interview is relevant rather than scripted.Related: Berri MasterMind, AI Interview

AI Interview

An asynchronous or live interview conducted by an AI agent that asks questions, evaluates answers, and generates a scorecard—without requiring a human interviewer to be present.Related: Berri MasterMind, Instant Insight Scorecard

AI Recruiting

The use of artificial intelligence to automate or augment parts of the hiring process—including resume screening, candidate outreach, interview scheduling, live interviews, and fraud prevention.Related: Berri 360, ATS

ATS (Applicant Tracking System)

Software used by recruiting teams to manage job postings, applications, and candidate pipelines. BerriBot integrates with existing ATS platforms and can re-activate dormant ATS databases.Related: Dormant ATS Database Activation, Berri Connect

Behavioral Anomaly Detection

A proctoring capability that identifies unusual candidate behavior—such as looking away, leaving the frame, or switching applications—during a remote assessment or interview.Related: Berri Proctor, Environmental Scene Analysis

Berri 360

BerriBot's end-to-end hiring agent that handles the full recruiting workflow—screening, outreach, interviewing, and fraud prevention—without constant human intervention.Related: Unified Agent Architecture, AI Recruiting

Berri Connect

BerriBot's candidate outreach and scheduling product. It reaches candidates across multiple channels, verifies contact details via Truecaller, handles scheduling coordination, and re-engages dormant ATS records.Related: Truecaller Verified, Multi-channel Nudges, Dormant ATS Database Activation

Berri MasterMind

BerriBot's AI interview platform that standardises first-round interviews at scale using adaptive conversational AI, multilingual support, integrated proctoring, and bias-free scoring.Related: Adaptive Conversational AI, Bias-Free Scoring, Instant Insight Scorecard

Berri Proctor

BerriBot's remote proctoring product that monitors candidates during assessments using identity verification, environmental scene analysis, behavioral anomaly detection, and active browser monitoring.Related: Identity Verification, Behavioral Anomaly Detection, Automated Integrity Report

Berri Search & Match

BerriBot's resume screening and matching product. It parses candidate profiles against a job description and returns a ranked shortlist using the Match Ranking Index.Related: Match Ranking Index (MRI), Semantic Profile Parsing, Shortlist

Berri Talent

BerriBot's candidate-facing network where job seekers earn certifications and get matched with verified hiring partners.Related: Berri Certified

Berri Tutor

BerriBot's AI-powered learning product that helps candidates and employees build skills aligned with hiring requirements.

Bias-Free Scoring

A scoring approach in which candidates are evaluated against structured, role-specific criteria rather than demographic or subjective signals, reducing unconscious bias in shortlisting and interview evaluation.Related: Berri MasterMind, Multi-Dimensional Evaluation

Identity Verification

A step in the proctoring process that confirms a candidate is who they claim to be, typically by cross-referencing a government-issued ID with a live camera capture.Related: Berri Proctor, Interview Fraud Prevention

Instant Insight Scorecard

An automatically generated report produced after a BerriBot AI interview that summarises a candidate's responses, competency scores, and key observations—delivered to the recruiter in real time.Related: Berri MasterMind, AI Interview

Interview Fraud Prevention

A set of controls—including identity verification, proctoring, and behavioral monitoring—designed to ensure candidates complete assessments and interviews without impersonation or assistance.Related: Berri Proctor, Berri 360

Match Ranking Index (MRI)

BerriBot's proprietary scoring mechanism that evaluates and ranks candidates against a job description based on skills, experience, and role-specific parameters, surfacing the top-fit shortlist.Related: Berri Search & Match, Shortlist

Multi-channel Nudges

Automated reminders sent to candidates across multiple communication channels—such as email, SMS, and WhatsApp—to prompt action at key stages of the hiring process.Related: Berri Connect, Omnichannel Candidate Engagement

Multi-Dimensional Evaluation

An interview scoring approach that assesses candidates across several competency dimensions simultaneously—such as communication, technical knowledge, and problem-solving—rather than a single overall score.Related: Berri MasterMind, Instant Insight Scorecard

Semantic Profile Parsing

The process of extracting structured information from a candidate's resume using natural language understanding—identifying skills, experience, education, and other relevant attributes beyond simple keyword matching.Related: Berri Search & Match, Match Ranking Index (MRI)

Shortlist

A ranked subset of candidates selected from a larger applicant pool as the best fits for a role. BerriBot generates shortlists automatically by scoring candidates against the job description.Related: Berri Search & Match, Match Ranking Index (MRI)