Real-Time Video Interviewing
Live interviews, finally built for better hiring decisions.
Replace scattered video calls, inconsistent notes, and gut-feel evaluations with structured, AI-enriched interviews that capture every answer, surface key insights, and turn live conversations into talent signals your team can trust.
WHY REAL-TIME VIDEO INTERVIEWING
Turn interview conversations into decision-ready evidence.
Most live interviews depend on scattered notes, inconsistent questions, and what evaluators remember after the call. Criteria Real-Time Interviewing brings structure to every conversation, captures the full interview record, and uses AI to help teams review the evidence behind every hiring decision.
Make every interview consistent
Guide evaluators with predefined questions, real-time prompts, and role-specific rubrics so every candidate is evaluated against the same criteria.
Review the moments that matter
AI-generated transcripts, summaries, and key moments help teams quickly find evidence, revisit answers, and align on the decision.
Browser-based
Candidates and evaluators join from Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. No installs, no accounts, no friction at the moment that matters most.
Use AI with transparency and consent
Candidates review recording and AI-processing consent before the interview begins, helping teams adopt AI responsibly while keeping candidates informed.
One place for everything
Notes, scores, recordings, and reviewer feedback live together with the rest of the candidate's profile. Integrates with your ATS where available, so nothing falls through the cracks.
SCIENCE YOU CAN TRUST
Structured interview science.
More consistent decisions.
Structured interviews help teams evaluate candidates more consistently by asking job-relevant questions, using the same criteria, and anchoring feedback in evidence. Criteria Real-Time Interviewing brings that structure directly into the live interview, helping every interviewer run a more consistent, evidence-based conversation.
REAL-TIME VS. ASYNC
Use the right interview format for every stage of hiring.
Async interviews help teams screen at scale. Real-time interviews help teams go deeper with structured, evaluator-led conversations. Together, they give hiring teams a flexible way to capture better signal across the funnel.
Real-Time Video Interviewing
Real-time, guided conversations
Candidate and evaluator meet on a live call. Questions are pushed one at a time, scored in the moment, and recorded end-to-end.
✔ Both parties online together, in-browser
✔ Evaluator pushes questions to the candidate's screen (Optional)
✔ Server-side recording of the entire call
✔ Live transcript, AI insights, and Ask Anything after the call
✔ Passwordless access for every evaluator
Async Video Interviewing
On-demand, on their schedule
Candidates respond to pre-set questions at their own pace. Evaluators review and score the recordings when it fits their day.
✔ No scheduling required from either side
✔ Questions displayed to candidates in sequence
✔ Individual response recordings per question
✔ Optional AI scoring with Interview Intelligence
✔ Best for high-volume shortlisting early in the funnel
INSIDE THE PRODUCT
Built for the interview, not retrofitted from a meeting app.
Generic video tools help people talk. Criteria helps hiring teams evaluate. Real-Time Interviewing combines live video, guided questions, in-call scoring, candidate consent, recording, transcripts, and AI-powered review in one purpose-built experience.
POST-CALL INTELLIGENCE
The interview doesn't end when the call does.
The moment you end the call, Criteria gets to work. Transcripts, insights, and free-text Q&A are ready by the time you sit down to make a decision. None of it runs without the candidate's explicit AI consent.
Amongst the First in the World
Criteria is now certified to ISO 42001 – the world's first international standard specifically for AI management systems.
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THE EXPERIENCE
Two journeys, one frictionless interview.
Ready to turn live interviews into better hiring signal?
See how Criteria Real-Time Interviewing helps your team run structured conversations, capture every answer, and make decisions with more confidence.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Criteria Real-Time Video Interviewing?
It is a purpose-built live interview platform that combines two-way video, guided structured questions, in-call scoring, recording, and AI-powered post-call summaries, transcripts, and insights in one experience. It is designed to replace scattered video calls and inconsistent notes with decision-ready evidence.
Do candidates or evaluators need to download any software?
No downloads or account creation are required. Both candidates and evaluators join directly from a browser, with Chrome, Edge, and Firefox recommended on desktop.
How does Criteria handle AI consent and recording?
Candidates independently review and confirm consent for both recording and AI processing before the interview begins. No AI features run without that explicit consent.
What post-call features are available after the interview ends?
After the call, Criteria generates a full transcript with speaker diarization, AI-powered summaries, and categorized key moments, all linked to timestamps in the recording.
What is the Ask Anything feature?
Ask Anything lets evaluators type a plain-English question about the interview and receive answers with timestamp links directly into the recording, making it easy to revisit specific responses during review. Guardrails are built in that prevent any decisioning logic.
How does Real-Time Video Interviewing differ from Async Video Interviewing?
Real-time interviews are live, evaluator-led conversations where both parties are online together, while async interviews let candidates respond to pre-set questions on their own schedule with no scheduling required from either side.
Can multiple evaluators participate in the same interview?
Yes, multiple evaluators can join a single interview, and each receives their own passwordless link and independent scoring form to reduce groupthink.
What languages are supported for transcription?
Post-call batch transcripts with speaker diarization are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese.