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Acme Inc.
via Puck
Congratulations! You've been selected for an audio screen for a Marketing Manager role.

10 minutes only, from your phone, on your time.
Now
Audio-only
No camera
No app
Sarah Chen
AI phone screen in progress
03:42
AI asking
Tell me about a campaign you led end-to-end.
Candidate responding
I led our enterprise launch across three teams...
AI follow-up
How did you measure success?
AI evaluation
Marketing Manager
Needs review
Strategic thinking
Strong
Campaign exec.
Fair
Collaboration
Strong
Your rating
Full transcript
Marketing Manager · 12 min
AI
Tell me about a campaign you're proud of.
SC
I led our enterprise launch across marketing and sales...
AI
How did you measure success?
Recording + transcript in dashboard
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Puck Brand Studio
SC
Sarah Chen
Engineering Lead
REC
What drew you to Acme?
01:24
Acme Careers
4 team stories published
SC
Sarah Chen
Engineering Lead
Meet Sarah0:34
What drew you to Acme?0:46
Describe the culture0:51
MR
Marcus Rivera
Product Manager
Meet Marcus0:28
Why I joined0:58
A proud moment0:42
JB
Jamie Brooks
Design Director
Meet Jamie0:31
Our design culture1:12
Advice for new hires0:55
TN
Tara Nguyen
Ops Manager
Meet Tara0:37
A day in my role1:05
What makes us different0:48
Sarah's Acme Story
4:36 mini podcast
Career Page
Embedded player
Job Pages
Alongside listings
Outreach
Recruiter emails
Social
LinkedIn & more
Total Plays
0
across all stories
Avg. Listen Time
0s
per candidate
PLAYS BY WEEK
Puck Talent CRM
Candidate Search
Search
132 people 15 mi of 94085 7+ years operations
Candidate Pipeline
New 4
SC
Sarah C.
PM
New
MR
Mark R.
Driver
New
LP
Lily P.
Designer
New
OM
Omar M.
Forklift
New
Contacted 3
JB
Jamie B.
Ops
Intro
TN
Tara N.
Cook
Follow-up
AW
Alex W.
Engineer
Intro
Engaged 2
RK
Ryan K.
Engineer
Interested
EV
Elena V.
Warehouse
Interested
Ready 3
CH
Chris H.
QA
Interviewing
DN
Dani N.
Shift Lead
Interviewing
JL
Jordan L.
Dev
Interviewing
Automated Workflow
New candidate enters
Added to pipeline
Send personalized intro
Automated email with team stories
Wait a bit
Automatic follow-up if no reply
Tag as engaged
Move to next pipeline stage
Live Outreach
Active
SC
Intro sent to Sarah C.
2 min ago
Sent
MR
Mark R. opened email
5 min ago
Opened
RK
Ryan K. replied
12 min ago
Replied
EV
Follow-up sent to Elena V.
18 min ago
Sent
TN
Tara N. opened follow-up
24 min ago
Opened
JP
Priya S. replied
31 min ago
Replied
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47 applicants
Active
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123 applicants
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Remote · Full-time
31 applicants
Active
Shift Supervisor
Dallas · On-site
68 applicants
Active
Product Designer
Remote · Full-time
0 applicants
Draft
Candidate Review
Hiring Pipeline
Review 0
AI Screen 0
Interviewing 0
Hired 0
Team Activity
JR
Jamie R. approved Sarah C.
2m
Approved
TN
Tara N. left feedback on Ryan K.
8m
Comment
AW
Alex W. moved Chris H. to Offer
22m
Moved
JR
Jamie R. scored Elena V. 4/5
1h
Scored
TN
Tara N. advanced Mark R.
2h
Moved
AW
Alex W. rejected Omar M.
3h
Rejected
JR
Jamie R. added a note on Lily P.
4h
Comment
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