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Apna AI Job Prep records 39 lakh minutes across 7.6 lakh interview simulations

EntrackrEntrackr · 2m ago
Apna AI Job Prep records 39 lakh minutes across 7.6 lakh interview simulations
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Apna AI Job Prep records 39 lakh minutes across 7.6 lakh interview simulations Apna.co, India’s leading jobs platform for job seekers, has rolled out AI Job Prep, an AI-powered interview preparation tool that aims to address the persistent confidence and readiness gap among job seekers. According to the company’s press release, the platform has already recorded 39 lakh minutes of usage across 7.6 lakh simulated interviews since its launch. Apna’s newly launched AI Job Prep tool personalizes mock interviews based on individual resumes, delivering instant feedback, performance insights, and targeted improvement suggestions. The company claims that the tool caters to over 25,000 job roles and leverages real interview data from more than 3,000 companies, including the likes of Google, Tesla, Swiggy, Microsoft, Jio, and Flipkart. The initial adoption has been strongest in metro cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, while tier I and II cities, including Jaipur, Patna, and Lucknow, are gaining momentum. Gen Z users (aged 18–24) accounted for the largest share of usage at 58%, followed by millennials. Nirmit Parikh, Founder & CEO of Apna, said the tool is designed to turn “nerve-racking interviews into intelligent rehearsals.” “AI job prep is our answer to the confidence gap that quietly stalls millions of careers,” he added. At the same time, COO Karna Chokshi highlighted "AI Job Prep delivers personalised, company and role-specific mock interviews at scale, supporting English, Hindi, and Hinglish, to ensure every candidate from metro professionals to Tier-3 freshers, receives an adaptive and realistic interview experience." Founded in 2019, Apna.co is India’s leading jobs platform, connecting over 6 crore users across 900+ cities with opportunities in 200+ job categories. Covering 40% of India's pincodes, it also offers professional networking and skilling, and is trusted by over 7 lakh employers.

Apna launches AI Calling Agent to cut hiring time by half

EntrackrEntrackr · 3d ago
Apna launches AI Calling Agent to cut hiring time by half
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Apna launches AI Calling Agent to cut hiring time by half Jobs and career platform Apna.co has launched multilingual AI Calling Agent, a tool designed to automate interviews and slash hiring timelines by nearly 50%. Built on the company’s proprietary Agentic-AI stack called Blue Machines, the product automatically initiates voice interviews the moment a job is posted and can run over 10,000 conversations in parallel across Hindi, English, and regional languages. Apna claims that the system achieves over 80% connection rates, compared to the 30% seen in manual calling. Recruiters also receive instant transcripts, audio highlights, and AI-generated shortlists on their dashboards. The launch follows Apna’s growing push into AI-driven hiring solutions. Earlier this year, the company introduced AI Job Prep, a candidate-facing mock interview platform that has already clocked 39 lakh minutes of engagement across 7.6 lakh simulated interviews. The tool offers resume-based, role-specific practice sessions using real interview data from more than 3,000 companies, including Google, Swiggy, and Microsoft, and has seen strong adoption among Gen Z users across both metros and tier-II cities. "Recruiters spend countless hours chasing calls instead of meeting qualified candidates. That’s the gap we set out to bridge. By embedding our AI Calling Agent into every job post, we’re putting enterprise-grade automation into the hands of lakhs of MSMEs and enterprises across India.” — Nirmit Parikh, founder and CEO, Apna.co Apna’s AI Calling Agent helps both large firms and small businesses by customizing interviews to job roles, asking questions, scoring answers instantly, and following up across calls, WhatsApp, and email. Together with its AI Job Prep tool, Apna is building a faster, tech-driven hiring system.

Steve Jobs once said the best managers are 'individual contributors' who aren't interested in managing people

Business InsiderBusiness Insider · 1y ago
Steve Jobs once said the best managers are 'individual contributors' who aren't interested in managing people
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Steve Jobs, the cofounder of Apple, once advised that the best managers are typically individuals who didn't aspire to be managers in the first place. In a 1985 interview, he criticized the professional managers they initially hired, stating that they knew how to manage but lacked the skills to actually do the job. Jobs believed that great managers were those who excelled as individual contributors and reluctantly took on managerial roles out of necessity. He emphasized the importance of having a visionary leader who also possessed the latest technological understanding. While this approach has been debated, it aligns with the notion known as "The Peter Principle," which suggests that promoting high performers into managerial positions without adequate training can lead to incompetence.

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