π€ Automate CV Screening with AI Candidate Analysis
n8n template #7456Summary
Use templateHow it works This workflow automates your initial hiring pipeline by creating an AI-powered CV scanner. It collects job applications through a web form, uses AI to analyze the candidate's CV against your job description, and neatly organizes the results in a Google Sheet. Hereβs the step-by-step process: The Application Form: A Form Trigger provides a public web form for candidates to submit their name, email, and CV (as a PDF). Initial Logging: As soon as an application is submitted, the candidate's name and email are added to a Google Sheet. This ensures every applicant is logged, even if a later step fails. CV Text Extraction: The workflow uses Mistral's OCR model to accurately extract al
How to set it up
- Open template #7456 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
- Create 3 credentials under Credentials β Add credential: Google Sheets, Google Gemini Chat Model, Mistral AI. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
- Check the model in the Google Gemini Chat Model node. The template may point at a model your account can't use; swap it for one you have access to.
- Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
- Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.
Hand off to your agent
Prompt
Help me set up the n8n workflow "π€ Automate CV Screening with AI Candidate Analysis" (https://n8n.io/workflows/7456). It uses: Google Sheets, Basic LLM Chain, Structured Output Parser, Google Gemini Chat Model, Mistral AI. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.
Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.
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Yes. Lucas Peyrin published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 5,376 views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.
Google Sheets, Google Gemini Chat Model, Mistral AI. The other 2 nodes are built into n8n.
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