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Practical guides to one-way video interviews: screening at volume, fair review, and what candidates experience.

What is a one-way video interview?

The screening step where candidates record answers to preset questions on their own schedule. What it is, when it works, and how to run one fairly.

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50 one-way video interview questions to ask, organized by role

Proven questions for general screening, sales, support, engineering, and more.

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One-way video interviews: the complete guide for candidates

What to expect, how to prepare, and how recruiters actually review answers.

Fundamentals

Understand the format

What one-way interviews are, the vocabulary, and how they compare.

One-way video interview vs. phone screen: which should you use? A point-by-point comparison, and when each one wins. Pre-recorded and on-demand video interviews, explained Same format, different names: a vocabulary guide. Async interviews: how to screen candidates across time zones Candidates record in their working day, reviewers assess in theirs.

Running your screening

Screen at volume

Question design, scale math, and screening when applications are AI-written.

How to screen 200+ applicants without phone screens The math on phone-screening at volume, and a flow that scales. AI wrote the CV. Now what are you screening? When applications are generated, screening has to move past paper. One-way video interviews for staffing and recruitment agencies When screening speed is the product, compress the screening step.

Fair and careful

Review candidates fairly

Bias-aware review practices and where AI belongs in screening.

What is blind review in hiring? Assessing answers without names, backgrounds, or each other's scores. How AI should (and shouldn't) be used in video interview screening Transcription, summaries, and search: yes. Scoring candidates: no.

Choosing software

Buy with your eyes open

Pricing models decoded, and what a free plan should actually include.

What one-way video interview software really costs Per seat, per response, per job, flat fee, and quote-only, decoded. Free one-way video interview software: what free actually means What “free” actually means, and what a real free plan lets you do.

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