AI CV screening software for UK teams
Turn up to 500 applications into a defensible shortlist. Marxel screens CVs against your actual role criteria, explains every recommendation, and keeps first-pass review with your hiring team.
Free tier includes 200 CV screens per month. No credit card required.
Live batch
Marketing Manager applicants
18
Aligned
34
Potential
41
Hold
107
Unclear
Why candidate 024 is Aligned
500
CVs per bulk upload
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Supported CV formats
200
Free CV screens each month
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Action buckets for every candidate
For teams comparing screening tools
For hiring teams comparing explainable CV screening within a connected recruitment workflow.
For recruiters with 50-500 applications who need consistent first-pass review.
For hiring teams that want to review candidate evidence against confirmed role criteria.
For buyers checking explainability, human review, data handling, and candidate transparency.
Direct answers
These concise answers cover the common buying questions behind CV screening software searches, from first-pass screening to ATS handoff, human oversight, and UK GDPR considerations.
CV screening software is a type of applicant screening software that helps hiring teams review applications against role criteria before interview selection. Marxel focuses on first-pass CV screening: it parses PDF, DOC, and DOCX CVs, compares each candidate with approved criteria, groups candidates into action buckets, and shows the evidence behind each recommendation.
CV shortlisting software helps hiring teams move from first-pass screening to a reviewable shortlist. Marxel compares CVs with approved role criteria, then groups candidates into Aligned, Potential, Hold, and Unclear buckets with evidence for human review.
Applicant tracking software, or an ATS, helps teams organize job openings and candidate progress through recruitment. Features vary across products. Marxel connects job listings, sourcing, applications, and explainable screening, and can work with selected ATS tools.
AI CV screening works by turning a job brief into structured criteria, parsing candidate CVs, and comparing each CV with the approved requirements. Marxel keeps the recruiter in control by letting teams review the criteria first, then inspect evidence, gaps, reasoning, and follow-up questions after screening.
Compare the workflows your team needs, including job publishing, applications, candidate progress, integrations, and evidence-led screening. Marxel brings core hiring steps together and keeps recruiters in control of screening recommendations; supported ATS integrations can connect existing tools where needed.
AI CV screening can support a UK GDPR-conscious process when teams keep human oversight, explain decisions, process only necessary candidate data, and provide appropriate transparency. Marxel is built for explainable review workflows, but each employer remains responsible for its own lawful basis, notices, and retention policy.
Yes. Marxel supports selected ATS integrations so teams can connect an existing hiring system when it remains part of their workflow. Candidate screening results include evidence and reasoning for human review.
Product-led screening
Manage role context, candidate applications, and screening in one workflow: confirm the criteria, review CV evidence, and give your team clear next steps for every candidate.
Upload up to 500 PDF, DOC, or DOCX CVs at once. Marxel parses each CV, evaluates it against your confirmed role criteria, and returns a structured shortlist instead of a folder of files.
Start with a job description, hiring manager notes, or call transcript. Marxel extracts must-haves, nice-to-haves, soft criteria, and red flags before screening begins.
Every candidate includes plain-English reasoning, matched evidence, gaps, and follow-up questions, so recruiters can defend decisions and review edge cases quickly.
Publish jobs, source candidates, manage applications, and review CV evidence in one workspace. Connect supported ATS tools when they remain part of your process.
Trust and control
A fast shortlist is only useful when your team can understand and challenge it. Marxel makes the criteria, evidence, and uncertainty visible before anyone makes a hiring decision. Review criteria for vague, irrelevant, or potentially biased signals, then confirm data handling and retention fit your organisation's policy.
Marxel turns the job description and hiring notes into a reviewable rubric first. Your team can challenge vague, irrelevant, or risky criteria before they shape a shortlist.
Candidate buckets include the matched evidence, missing requirements, concerns, and follow-up questions that deserve human attention.
Marxel supports first-pass review; it does not make the final hiring decision. Recruiters and hiring managers remain responsible for judgement, notices, lawful basis, and retention.
See the security and compliance information for encryption, DPA, subprocessor, and retention details. Confirm your organisation's own lawful basis, notices, and retention policy before uploading candidate data.
What you get
Manual screening looks cheap until recruiter time, missed candidates, inconsistent notes, and delayed hiring manager feedback are included. Marxel gives the first pass a repeatable workflow.
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Use an ATS to manage the hiring process. Use Marxel when the hard part is screening a large CV pile quickly and consistently.
| Decision point | Marxel | Manual review | Generic ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best fit | UK teams screening 50-500 CVs per role | Low-volume or executive searches | Teams already locked into a large ATS suite |
| Bulk screening speed | Up to 500 CVs in one run | Hours or days depending on recruiter capacity | Often workflow-heavy before results appear |
| Decision output | Action buckets with evidence and reasoning | Notes vary by reviewer | Often a match score with limited context |
| UK buying fit | GBP pricing, UK GDPR positioning, UK CV workflow | No software cost, high salary cost | Frequently US-first pricing and terminology |
Need a deeper comparison? Read manual CV screening vs AI screening.
Four-step workflow
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Upload a job description or paste hiring manager notes. Marxel turns the brief into reviewable screening criteria.
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Check must-haves, nice-to-haves, red flags, and weighting before any CVs are screened.
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Upload up to 500 PDF, DOC, or DOCX CVs for the role. Marxel parses and evaluates the batch in parallel.
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Use Aligned, Potential, Hold, and Unclear buckets to decide interviews, manual review, follow-up questions, or declines.
Keep evaluating
Yes. Marxel is built around UK CV workflows, GBP pricing, and UK GDPR considerations. It is designed for recruiters, founders, hiring managers, and agencies screening high-volume UK roles.
Candidate screening software helps hiring teams review candidates against role criteria before interviews. Marxel screens CVs in bulk, shows matched evidence and gaps, and keeps recruiters responsible for the final shortlist decision.
Applicant screening software is another term for tools that review job applications before interviews. Marxel uses a candidate-focused CV screening workflow: teams approve role criteria, screen CVs in bulk, and review the evidence before making shortlist decisions.
Yes. You can upload up to 500 PDF, DOC, or DOCX CVs in one batch. Marxel parses, evaluates, and buckets the candidates against your approved role criteria.
Marxel brings job publishing, candidate sourcing, application management, and evidence-led CV screening into one workspace. Whether it replaces your current setup depends on the workflows your team needs; supported ATS integrations are available when you want to keep an existing tool connected.
Marxel shows the criteria used, which evidence matched, what was missing, why a candidate landed in a bucket, and any suggested follow-up questions for unclear cases.
Yes. The free tier includes unlimited active Screening Jobs and 200 CV screens per month across your organisation, and does not require a credit card.
Example output
Each CV comes back as a reasoned assessment with matched criteria, concerns, a bucket, and a follow-up question when something needs clarifying.
Start free. 200 CVs/month, no credit card required.
Candidate 03
Customer Success Manager
Why this bucket
Concern
No previous SaaS customer success title.
Medium confidence · Fully synthetic worked example
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