From Inbox Chaos to Instant Shortlisting

Hi there! I’m Ayush , the current Software Engineer Lead at WorqHat.
But if you’ve ever worked at a startup, you know that titles are just... suggestions.

One day you're leading sprint planning, the next you're handling community support, and if someone goes on sabbatical — surprise! You’re HR now. 🫠

The Shortlisting Saga Begins…

When our HR teammate took a well-earned break, I was given the honorable (read: risky and wildly tedious) task of shortlisting candidates for a new opening.

Now don't get me wrong — we’ve got a full-fledged ATS, application pipelines, all that jazz. But this was our first time hiring for a non-technical role : Technical Developer Relations.

Yeah… we admit the title could’ve used a bit more clarity. 🙃
Naturally, we were flooded with developer resumes. Like, full-stack, back-end, low-level developer resumes — all excited to apply for what they thought was a dev job.

So there I was — sifting through dozens of technically-brilliant resumes that didn’t match the role, slowly losing my sanity.

And thinking… there’s got to be a better way.

Lightbulb Moment: Why Not Use WorqHat?

That’s when it hit me.
Wait a second... I work at WorqHat. The place that literally builds AI-powered workflow automation tools.

And here I was, manually reviewing resumes like it was 2012. 🐱‍👤

Being the lazy but dangerously efficient (and totally cute) engineer that I am, I cracked open WorqHat Workflows and got to building.

🎨 Painting the Workflow Canvas

Here’s how it went down:

1. Trigger: A cron job that runs every 10 minutes

2. Input: Pull 5 candidates at a time with “pending” status

3. Model Check: Run their resumes through our in-house AI model to compare against the actual job description

4. Filter: Remove candidates who clearly applied for the wrong role (read: another dev resume )

5. Shortlist: Update the status and notify me

✨ And just like that — instead of drowning in dozens of mismatched resumes, I was left with a neat, curated shortlist ready for human review.

No code. No drama. No hair-pulling.

🚫 Manual Labor. ✅ Automated Intelligence.

So yes, I’m slightly ashamed to admit that I, the Software Engineer Lead , wrote zero lines of code that day. But hey — being efficient is what engineers do best, right?

Besides, problem-solving is on my resume. And if laziness was a weakness, WorqHat Workflows just turned it into a productivity superpower. 🐾

Why This Matters for Startups

If you’re a small team wearing too many hats, Workflows is your new favorite team member.

• Need to filter applicants? Workflow.

• Need to send interview invites? Workflow.

• Need to run background checks, generate offer letters, or track rejections with empathy? Yup — workflow it.

All without building backend APIs, managing cron jobs, or setting up cloud infra.
Just drag, drop, deploy. And connect it to any UI or Frontend Code that you might have. (We are actually working on the part where you WILL NOT BE REQUIRING a Frontend, and I will talk about this later on as well)

TL;DR — Work Smarter, Not Harder

Startup life is fast, messy, and constantly shifting. But with the right tools, even chaos can be automated.

So the next time you find yourself knee-deep in a task that feels more grunt work than growth — ask yourself:

Can this be a workflow?
And 9 times out of 10, WorqHat will say: “Absolutely.”

Want to try out this resume shortlisting workflow yourself? Try it out at https://worqhat.com Ping us or drop us an email at hi@worqhat.com — or better yet, just WhatsApp us. (We have a workflow for all those too.)

🐱 Out.

Ayush KulshresthaSoftware Engg. Lead @ WorqHat