• 2026
  • AI product
  • Agent workflows
  • B2B

An AI recruiter people can question

Origin

At XING, I worked on Fabi, a job-search assistant whose compact release saw little use. After leaving, I independently explored what AI could do for recruiters.

My role

I designed the candidate journey, recruiter dashboard and configurable workflows. AI-generated wireframes and a voice-agent builder helped me explore options; the product decisions and interface design were mine.

Where it stands

The XING assistant was withdrawn. The recruiting suite remains an independent concept, informed by my own call trials and awaiting recruiter and candidate testing.

Placeholder for the original Fabi job-search assistant screen at XING
Our first AI job-search assistant, 2024

Inspired by Amazon’s Rufus, we explored guidance at the point of search: turning a job query into context on roles, salaries, demand and skills.

Placeholder for the Fabi result-state map showing combinations of available and missing answers
Designing for AI uncertainty

I mapped every combination of available, missing and insufficient data, then defined when Fabi should answer, qualify its response, ask for more context or hold back.

What if the most valuable AI in job search wasn’t for searching at all?

I shifted the idea towards recruiting: an agent prepared with candidate context, able to handle early qualification so recruiters could focus on deeper conversations.

Placeholder for a broad overview of the independent Fabi recruiting suite
Fabi, reimagined for 2026: From search answers to first conversations.

I revisited the idea independently, this time from the recruiter’s side: a voice agent that could handle early qualification and make more room for deeper human conversations.

Placeholder for a system diagram linking candidate data, consent, matching, Fabi and recruiter follow-up
How the system connects

A system map links candidate information and consent to matching, Fabi’s qualifying call and recruiter follow-up. It locates each decision before showing the interfaces.

Project overview
Node modal
Node setup
Worflow design on a mobile phone
Orchestrate the agent. See every decision.

I designed the workflow editor to put recruiters’ expertise into qualification and handoffs. Coloured nodes, visible routes, plain-language conditions and few but meaningful icons make that logic easier to inspect.

Placeholder for a close-up of the Fabi node editor with coloured types, visible branches and plain-language conditions
See the whole operation. Human attention where it matters.

I brought conversation trends, candidate questions and cases needing human review into focus. Restrained colour and fewer decorative icons keep the next action clear.