HireVue for Candidates Software

While I agree with the assessment that it would be nice to be able to pause the practice questions, the reality is that the actual video interview does not have that option. I appreciated the fact that the practice format was in direct correlation to the video interview itself. While the questions were not the same, they followed the same process - set time to read the question & a set time to answer the question. The entire experience was about as authentic as a live interview. There’s no option to unsay what you’ve said. And in reality you don’t generally have 30secs to answer a question when you’re sitting in front of a panel of interviewers. However, since you have to read the question, it gives time to read it and begin formulating a response. The last thing I will mention is that the practice questions come back around, so you’ll have the opportunity to start fresh on them, but you can’t unscramble eggs.

This app is designed to get be short and straight to the point. Nobody likes to go to a building, told to wait in a lobby area, then walked through halls or to a back office/conference room and be asked questions that have nothing to do with the job. The questions are directly about the job and your experience and how it can help the company. There are people who get nervous during a face to face interview and that can mess up everything. With this app you are in a comfortable environment “professionally free” (yes that’s my new term) to be yourself. It gives the company a chance to see who you really are. We are supposed to research the company we are working for anyway to see if the environment is something we are going to be able to work in ourselves. This is no different from going on Glassdoor or googling reviews for various companies. The person you go meet in person for a interview may represent the company well, but does not speak on the environment that will be around you. Point blank period this app is the best interview process ever. It may not be what everybody likes because people do not like change, but this is genius.

I thought this way of conducting a preliminary interview was an excellent way for me to introduce myself by answering questions that are important to my potential employer. I’m very adaptable to new technology and I found it easy to do, overall. Being given unlimited opportunities to record my responses until I was happy was a big plus for me. It gave me time to jot down some notes and practice recording before hitting the submit button. This guaranteed I was submitting my best responses to the questions asked and I appreciated that. This app is great for the purpose it was designed for.