Sway surfaces candidate context, role criteria, and follow-up questions live during every screen — so you stay in the conversation instead of the scorecard.
Recruiters running 10–20 phone screens a week know the tension: the candidate is talking, you're half-listening and half-scanning your notes for the next question. You miss a red flag because you were looking at the req. You lose the thread of a strong answer because you were trying to recall the competency you were supposed to probe. Sway watches the scorecard so you can watch the candidate.
Before and after Sway
Every recruiter knows both versions. Sway keeps you in the second one.
How Sway works for recruiters
Sway listens to your phone screen in real time and surfaces what you need the moment the conversation creates an opening — privately, with no recording and no cloud storage.
Must-haves, nice-to-haves, team culture signals — Sway keeps them surfaced in context so you never have to break eye contact to find the req. The criteria come to you, not the other way around.
When a candidate answer opens a door worth walking through, Sway suggests the follow-up probe — competency-based, situational, or role-specific — so you never let a signal slip because you didn't know what to ask next.
Sway can surface key resume details as they become relevant mid-conversation — so when a candidate references a previous role, you have the context to go deeper without asking them to repeat themselves.
Sway runs as a native macOS window no meeting bot, Google Meet, and Teams. The candidate sees only you — not a tool, not a script, not a bot in the room. The screen feels like a conversation because it is one.
Candidate conversations are sensitive. Sway processes audio locally in real time — nothing is recorded, nothing is stored, nothing is uploaded. Only the text of a specific AI query is sent to a provider. Candidate privacy is maintained.
For recruiters running back-to-back screens, Sway opens instantly and listens immediately. No configuration between candidates. No setup ritual between calls. Open it. Start the screen. Let it work.
Recruiter use cases
Sway works across the recruiting workflows where context and presence matter most.
Surface must-haves and dealbreaker criteria live so you make the right call/no-call decision in the first five minutes.
Keep behavioral probes and STAR follow-ups surfaced so you extract signal — not just narrative — from every answer.
Surface your team's values and culture signals mid-call so the assessment stays consistent across every candidate.
Managing five open roles across three clients? Sway keeps each req's criteria distinct — no more conflating requirements mid-call.
Surface your comp band and approved range the moment comp comes up — stay within band, stay on message, handle expectations smoothly.
When re-engaging past candidates, Sway can surface prior conversation context so your outreach is specific, not generic.
Sway is not an ATS, a scorecard tool, or a post-call intelligence platform. It does not produce transcripts or structured candidate reports. It is a live conversation assistant — it exists so that during the 20 minutes of a phone screen, the recruiter can focus entirely on the candidate and still have every relevant criterion within reach. Log your scorecard in your existing tools after the call. Let Sway handle the moment.
Pricing
No credit card required to start. For recruiters running 10–20 screens a week, Sway Plus removes all session limits for less than a single sourcing tool subscription.
7-day free trial. Full real-time context surfacing, follow-up question suggestions, and private mode. No credit card required.
Unlimited sessions — no weekly cap. Built for recruiters running a full screen schedule. Full private mode and priority AI speed included.
Frequently asked questions
Sway listens to the phone screen in real time and surfaces relevant candidate context, role criteria, and follow-up question suggestions as the conversation unfolds. When a candidate mentions a skill or a gap, Sway can prompt the next probing question — so the recruiter stays present in the conversation instead of scanning notes.
No. Sway uses macOS private mode to render its window below the OS capture layer used by Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. It is private, with no meeting bot. The candidate sees and hears only the recruiter.
No. Sway processes audio locally in real time on your Mac. It does not record, store, or upload the conversation. Only the text of a specific AI query is sent to a provider to generate a suggestion. The candidate's voice never leaves your device.
Yes. Sway Plus ($30/month or $216/year) provides unlimited sessions with no weekly cap — suitable for recruiters running a full screen schedule. Sway starts with a 7-day free trial.
Yes. Sway does not replace your ATS or scorecard — it complements them. Sway handles the live conversation layer: surfacing context and questions in the moment so you can stay present. You still log notes and disposition candidates in your existing tools after the call.
Yes. Agency recruiters managing multiple client requisitions benefit from Sway surfacing role-specific criteria mid-call so they don't conflate requirements across roles. In-house talent teams use Sway to stay on scorecard during culture and competency screens without breaking the conversation's pace.
Sway starts with a 7-day free trial. No credit card required. Download and have live candidate context in your next phone screen in under two minutes.