AI interviews candidates take on their own time.

How an AI video interview works

An AI video interview is a conversation the candidate takes on their own computer, whenever it suits them, before the link closes. You send the link from the candidate's panel, or a workflow emails it when they reach a stage.

• The candidate gets an emailed link that stays open for 1 to 14 days (3 unless you change it), with a reminder a day before it closes.
• They confirm who they are with a code sent to the email they applied with, and agree to be recorded before anything starts. If they decline, nothing is recorded.
• The AI interviewer explores topics from the job and can look at a screen they share. Camera and screen are recorded.
• If their connection drops, they have 30 minutes to rejoin, when the interviewer allows it.
• All they need is a laptop or desktop with a camera and a microphone, in Chrome, Edge or Safari.

What your team gets back

A minute or two after the candidate finishes, Scout writes a plain-language read of the interview and lines it up with the recording, so you can check any point for yourself.

• A match score from 0 to 100 on the same scale as Scout's other scores: Weak under 50, Possible 50 to 69, Good 70 to 84, Strong 85 and up.
• Cards for what the job needs, how well they explain things and the interview itself, and what to ask if you talk to them again.
• A timeline of where each must-have came up, and the transcript split by topic, with each note beside the line it comes from.
• Technical words that came up, explained in plain English for reviewers who aren't technical.
• Facts about how it was taken: the email code, whether the camera stayed on and the screen stayed shared, and any connection trouble.

Scout never reads faces, emotions or tone of voice, and it never rejects or advances a candidate on its own. The read and the score help your team review faster. A person decides.

Phone screening first, then the interview

Most hiring starts on the phone. Scout's phone screening agents call every applicant, ask your screening questions in their own language (65+ languages), say they are an AI and ask before recording, then score each call with notes and a full transcript.

Put a phone screen and a video interview on the stages of one workflow, and every candidate who reaches the interview stage gets the link automatically, never twice. A scheduling agent can then call to book the interview with your team on their Microsoft calendars.

Recordings, consent and deletion

Recordings are deleted automatically after your workspace's retention period, which the candidate is told before they agree to be recorded. A candidate can ask for their recordings to be deleted sooner: your team is told in Scout and by email, and an admin can delete them. The transcript and the report stay.