What to expect for your AI interview.
You’ve been invited to an interview with Eightfold AI Interviewer. Here’s how it works, what it evaluates, and what it doesn’t.
Introduction to AI Interviews
What is AI Interviewer?
How AI Interviewer works for you.
You choose when to start
Take the interview when you're ready. No scheduling needed.
More consistent hiring process
Structured interviews help reduce subjective decisions and potential unconscious bias.
People decide. AI assists.
The hiring team reviews interview results to make informed decisions.
AI Interviewer questions, answered.
What is an AI interview?
AI interviews are interviews led by an AI agent. Just like traditional interviews, you will be asked questions based on your resume and the job description.
AI Interviewer is a specific AI agent powered by Eightfold. The information on this page describes AI Interviewer only. Other AI companies offer different versions of AI interviews.
What is Eightfold AI Interviewer?
Eightfold AI Interviewer is an AI agent that supports recruiters by conducting interviews. It is designed to provide a more consistent and structured interview experience for every candidate. By focusing on defined job criteria, it can help reduce subjective decisions and potential unconscious bias.
During the interview, you get a conversational partner that encourages you to talk about relevant experience and qualifications. For example, if your resume doesn’t mention a skill required by the job, AI Interviewer may ask you about it.
AI Interviewer does not make hiring decisions: It provides structured feedback to the recruiter for review.
Is AI interview experience needed?
No, AI Interviewer will lead your interview in the same way a recruiter would.
When answering technical or coding questions, think out loud. Just like traditional interviews, AI interviews evaluate your thinking process, not just the final answer.
Why AI Interviewer instead of a person?
AI Interviewer helps organizations interview more people and move faster. With traditional interviews, recruiters are limited by the time they have, which limits the number of candidates they can meet. An AI agent doesn’t have this limit. That means an organization can consider more candidates for a role, and with more information than what’s on their resumes.
AI Interviewer is designed to provide a more consistent and structured interview experience for every candidate. By focusing on defined job criteria, it can help reduce subjective decisions and potential unconscious bias.
What can I expect from an AI interview?
Your recruiter sets up the evaluation criteria for the job. AI Interviewer asks questions based on those criteria to learn more about your professional strengths and qualifications for the role. If necessary, it will ask follow-up questions.
After the interview, AI Interviewer sends a summary, the full video, and a full transcript to your recruiter, so they can make an informed decision about your candidacy.
Does AI Interviewer make the final hiring decision?
No, the hiring team makes the hiring decisions. AI Interviewer provides structured feedback for the hiring team to review, along with relevant information like your resume, the full video of your interview, and a full transcript.
Can I ask questions during an AI interview?
Yes, you can ask questions about the job, company, and related details during your interview, and AI Interviewer will answer based on information provided by the hiring company.
What if I have technical issues?
If you experience technical issues during your AI interview, you can rejoin the call and continue your interview where you left off. We recommend that you check to make sure your internet connection is stable before joining your AI interview.
Are AI interviews fair?
AI Interviewer has been tested to reduce potential bias based on protected characteristics. Before making this technology available to organizations, Eightfold AI Interviewer testing showed that candidates were evaluated without meaningful preferences based on race or gender.
AI Interviewer is monitored and evaluated regularly to help promote consistent and fair interview experiences and support compliance with applicable legal requirements.
Will I be assessed based on how I look or speak?
AI Interviewer is designed to focus on the content of your responses, like your skills and professional experience, and how well those align with the job description.
For example, communication skills may be evaluated if required for the job. However, personal expressions (like accent, tone, and pauses) and facial expressions are not evaluated.
The goal is to give every candidate a fair and consistent interview experience based on their answers.
Are AI interviews monitored?
AI Interviewer offers organizations proctoring measures, which are ways to monitor and log activities that could give a candidate an unfair advantage.
For example, the system may flag:
- When browser tabs are switched
- Multiple faces on camera
- Multiple voices on audio
- And other activities
Organizations choose which proctoring measures to turn on. Flagged events are timestamped in the transcript and video to help the hiring team review what happened.
Is my personal data to train AI models?
Personal data from your resume and job application is used to personalize your interview (like asking about your work experience at a specific company or responsibilities in a specific role), but will not be used to train shared AI models. For example, if your resume doesn’t mention a skill required by the job, AI Interviewer may ask you about it.
While AI Interviewer is built on top of third-party large language models (LLM), Eightfold protects your data in two ways:
- Personal data is encrypted
- Third-party LLM providers are contractually prohibited from using candidate data to train shared AI models
Set up for success
How to prepare for an AI interview.
Your invitation email provides specific details about your AI interview. Here are general tips to help you check your tech, set up your space, and show up at your best.
Take interview before link expires
Your email invitation will show an expiration date for the AI interview link. Add to your calendar so you don’t forget.
Schedule time to focus
Use the estimated duration to plan when to take your interview. Add a little time so you don’t feel rushed.
Minimize distractions
Find a quiet space without people behind you, so that AI Interviewer does not pick up extra noise or movement.
Stable connection
Use a strong wifi or wired ethernet to lower your chances of technical issues.
Browser compatibility
AI Interviewer runs on Chrome, Safari, or Firefox.
Audio and video
Enable microphone and camera access.
what to expect
Your interview, step by step.
All Eightfold AI interviews follow this shape — your invite details what’s inside each step for your specific format.
Tips & best practices
These general tips can help with all interviews, whether they're AI or traditional.
Before the interview
Research the role and company, so you understand what they're looking for
Prepare examples for the skills you want to discuss
During the interview
Focus on what you did to help the team or project succeed
Share specific details
Take a breath before answering
STAR — your core tool.
The STAR method provides a structure for sharing examples of your work experience.
S
Situation
Set the scene for the example you’re about to share.
T
Task
What was the challenge or goal?
A
Action
What did you personally do? Share details about how you thought about the problem or identified a solution.
R
Result
Share measurable results if available.