AI resume screening with Gmail, GPT-4o & Google Sheets - automated hiring pipeline

by David Olusola ✓ · 799 views · created 2025-09-28 · HR, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 16 nodes and runs on Gmail events. Along the way it connects Google Drive, OpenAI Chat Model, Google Sheets and Gmail.

How it runs

Trigger: On Gmail events.

1. Save to Drive (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
2. Route by File Type (Switch): routes items into 3 branches
3. Get Doc (Google Drive): download
4. Convert DOCX to Docs (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
5. Download TXT (Google Drive): download
6. Extract PDF Text (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (pdf)
7. Get Doc as Text (Google Drive): download
8. Extract TXT Content (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (text)
9. Standardize Resume Data (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 3 fields: candidateResume, originalEmail, driveLink
10. Job Description (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: jobDescription

…plus 3 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google DriveOpenAI Chat ModelGoogle SheetsGmail

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Nodes used (11)

• Google Driven8n-nodes-base.googleDrive
• Switchn8n-nodes-base.switch
• Extract from Filen8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• AI Agent@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
• Structured Output Parser@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured
• OpenAI Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi
• Information Extractor@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.informationExtractor
• Google Sheetsn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
• Gmail Triggern8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger

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