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title: Using Autopilot Fast Track
description: Learn how to use Autopilot Fast Track to speed up the interview scheduling process and reach qualified applicants even quicker.
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# Using Autopilot Fast Track
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Use Autopilot Fast Track to speed up the interview scheduling process and reach qualified applicants even quicker.
##### In this article:
- [What is Autopilot Fast Track?](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#what)
- [How do I use Autopilot Fast Track?](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#use)
- [How do I turn on Autopilot Fast Track?](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#turnon)
- [Is Autopilot Fast Track compatible with Fast Track Assessments?](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#compat)
- [What does Autopilot consider business hours?](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#bizhours)
### What is Autopilot Fast Track?
Autopilot Fast Track allows you to schedule interviews with new Fast Track applicants automatically.
Fast Track applicants — those who answer Fast Track prescreen questions with the desired response and meet your most important qualifications — bypass the Review hiring step and go straight to Phone Screen. The first time you contact these applicants will be on the phone during your first interview!
**Note:** Applicants will receive their first Autopilot text message [within minutes of applying during standard business hours](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#bizhours). If they apply outside of business hours, applicants will receive their first text message the following day at the start of standard business hours.
### How do I use Autopilot Fast Track?
When you receive a [Fast Track](https://support.careerplug.com/fast-track?hsLang=en) applicant for one of your jobs with Autopilot Fast Track enabled, [the applicant will immediately start the Autopilot process of setting up an interview](https://support.careerplug.com/scheduling-interviews-using-autopilot?hsLang=en) — no input is required from you.
**Before you even have time to review a new applicant who meets your most important qualifications, you'll already have a phone interview scheduled with them!**
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The applicant highlighted in the above screenshot submitted their application and answered all prescreen questions with the desired Fast Track responses. When they entered your CareerPlug account, they moved directly to the Phone Screen step. They were automatically texted with an invite to schedule their phone screen. All of this happens before you've even had the chance to log into your account and see that you've received a new applicant!
### How do I turn on Autopilot Fast Track?
You need to [add Autopilot to one of your hiring processes](https://support.careerplug.com/adding-autopilot-to-a-new-hiring-process?hsLang=en) and [set up your Autopilot Defaults](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-defaults?hsLang=en) to use Autopilot Fast Track.
Whether you want to turn on Autopilot Fast Track for a new job or an open job, first navigate to your **Jobs** page.
- [Turning on Autopilot Fast Track for a new job](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#new)
- [Turning on Autopilot Fast Track for an open job](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#open)
#### To turn on Autopilot Fast Track for a new job:
1\. Click the **+New Job** button in the upper right corner of your Jobs page.
2\. Choose whether to **Use a Job Template** or **Create From Scratch**.
3\. [Configure your Job Posting tab](https://support.careerplug.com/posting-a-job?hsLang=en) as you would for any new job.
4\. Click the **Next Section** button.
5\. On the Applicant Evaluation tab, add — or edit, if [using a job template](https://support.careerplug.com/job-templates?hsLang=en) — [prescreen questions](https://support.careerplug.com/using-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en) and [assessments](https://support.careerplug.com/using-assessments?hsLang=en) to your job.
You need to [set up at least one prescreen question with a Fast Track response](https://support.careerplug.com/setting-up-fast-track-for-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en) to use Autopilot Fast Track.
6\. Click the **Add Questions** button to [create a new prescreen question](https://support.careerplug.com/using-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en#add) or the **gears icon** to [edit an existing prescreen question](https://support.careerplug.com/using-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en#config).
7\. [Configure your prescreen question](https://support.careerplug.com/using-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en#config) and set the **Status** for your most desirable response(s) to Fast Track (or [Auto Fast Track](https://support.careerplug.com/fast-track-vs-auto-fast-track?hsLang=en)) using the drop-down menu.
When applicants answer this prescreen question with the desired response(s), they will be marked as Fast Track within CareerPlug. With Autopilot Fast Track enabled, Fast Track applicants will receive automated interview invitations [within minutes](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#bizhours) of applying!
8\. Click the **Save** button to add this prescreen question to your job.
9\. After you [set up at least one prescreen question with Fast Track](https://support.careerplug.com/setting-up-fast-track-for-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en), click the **Next Section** button to proceed to the Hiring Settings tab.
10\. Select a hiring process with Autopilot enabled using the drop-down menu.
11\. If you haven't already, [set up your Autopilot Defaults](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-defaults?hsLang=en) — both for the Phone Screen and Interview steps.
12\. Under Automation Options, turn on the toggle to **Start Autopilot automatically for Fast Track applicants**.
13\. Finish setting up your Hiring Settings tab and click the **Next Section** button to proceed to the Onboarding Settings tab, where you can finish [configuring your job](https://support.careerplug.com/posting-a-job?hsLang=en) as usual.
You're ready to use Autopilot Fast Track with your new job!
#### To turn on Autopilot Fast Track for an open job:
1\. Find the job to which you want to add Autopilot Fast Track and click the **Edit** button to the right.
2\. Click the **Applicant Evaluation** tab.
You need to [set up at least one prescreen question with a Fast Track response](https://support.careerplug.com/setting-up-fast-track-for-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en) to use Autopilot Fast Track.
3\. Click the **Add Questions** button to [create a new prescreen question](https://support.careerplug.com/using-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en#add) or the **gears icon** to [edit an existing prescreen question](https://support.careerplug.com/using-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en#config).
4\. [Configure your prescreen question](https://support.careerplug.com/using-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en#config) and set the **Status** for your most desirable response(s) to Fast Track (or [Auto Fast Track](https://support.careerplug.com/fast-track-vs-auto-fast-track?hsLang=en)) using the drop-down menu.
When applicants answer this prescreen question with the desired response(s), they will be marked as Fast Track within CareerPlug. With Autopilot Fast Track enabled, Fast Track applicants will receive automated interview invitations [within minutes](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-fast-track#bizhours) of applying!
5\. Click the **Save** button to add this prescreen question to your job.
6\. After you [set up at least one prescreen question with Fast Track](https://support.careerplug.com/setting-up-fast-track-for-prescreen-questions?hsLang=en), click the **Hiring Settings** tab.
You need to [add an Autopilot-enabled hiring process to your job](https://support.careerplug.com/adding-autopilot-to-a-new-job?hsLang=en) and [set up your Autopilot Defaults](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-defaults?hsLang=en) to use Autopilot Fast Track.
7\. Scroll down to the Automation Options section and turn on the toggle to **Start Autopilot automatically for Fast Track applicants**.
8\. Click the **Update Job Post** button to save your changes.
Your job is ready to use Autopilot Fast Track!
### Is Autopilot Fast Track compatible with Fast Track Assessments?
Autopilot Fast Track and [Automatic Fast Track Assessments](https://support.careerplug.com/sending-assessments-automatically-to-fast-track-applicants?hsLang=en) **cannot** be used together. Fast Track can automate sending assessments or Autopilot interview invitations, but not both.
If you have Automatic Fast Track Assessments enabled for your account, then you cannot turn on Autopilot Fast Track for any of your jobs.
The reverse is also true: if you have Autopilot Fast Track turned on for any jobs, you can't turn on Automatic Fast Track Assessments for your company.
### What does Autopilot consider business hours?
Because we don't want Autopilot sending text messages to your applicants at odd hours of the day, we have set business hours for it to abide by within CareerPlug.
**Business hours for Autopilot messaging are 7 a.m. - 10 p.m., including weekends.**
The time zone is dictated by the time zone set for whichever user set up the [Autopilot Defaults](https://support.careerplug.com/using-autopilot-defaults?hsLang=en). If that user hasn't selected a time zone, the time zone will be set according to the company's default time zone. If the company hasn't selected a default time zone, it will be set to Central Time.
**Note:** The business hours listed above do not reflect the business hours for [CareerPlug's Support team](https://support.careerplug.com/contacting-careerplug-support?hsLang=en).
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