How to Prepare for AI-Assessed Interviews (and Succeed)

You’re dressed for success, ready to shake off interview anxiety and put your best foot forward. You take a deep breath, smile at the camera, and begin your online interview, only to realize there’s no human being on the other side. Instead of a friendly recruiter greeting you, an AI-powered platform presents pre-recorded questions and starts recording your answers.

For many job seekers, this can feel disorienting. But the reality is clear: artificial intelligence is now part of the hiring process.

What Are AI Interviews?

Companies are increasingly using AI interview platforms like HireVue, myInterview, Talocity, and Jobma to run one-way video interviews. Instead of having a conversation with a recruiter, you record your answers to pre-set questions. AI then analyzes your responses before they are passed on to a hiring manager.

• Many Fortune 500 companies use AI for initial interview screening, scheduling, and assessments.
• Major brands like Unilever, Hilton, JPMorgan Chase, and Delta Air Lines have adopted AI interview platforms.
• Use of AI interview platforms is growing in many industries – including retail, tech, finance, hospitality, and manufacturing.
• 21% of employers in the U.S. and U.K. now use AI tools during candidate interviews.

This type of digital interview is quickly becoming routine, and knowing how to approach it can make or break your chances of moving forward.

What Makes AI Interviews Different?

AI interviews are designed to go beyond résumés (many of which are now AI-generated themselves). The technology listens, transcribes, and scores your answers, while also flagging keywords, clarity, and communication skills.

In other words, what you say and how you say it both matter.

Here are five things to keep in mind if you’re preparing for a HireVue interview or any AI-powered video interview:

1. Clarity counts. Just like a résumé scanner (ATS) needs to read your document correctly, the AI interview system must clearly hear your words to evaluate them. Speaking too fast, mumbling, or trailing off can cost you points.
2. Use the right keywords. The AI will scan your transcript for job-related terms. Using the right keywords for interviews (naturally) shows alignment with the role.
3. Know the platform rules. Each company sets its own format: some give you 90 seconds to answer, others five minutes; some allow re-takes, others don’t. Practicing under one-way interview time limits is essential.
4. Energy still matters. Without a human on the other side, it’s easy to sound flat. Standing up, smiling, and imagining you’re talking to a real person can keep your voice energized and engaging.
5. Humans still watch. Ultimately, your recorded answers go to a hiring manager. Authenticity is what sets you apart. Avoid reading from notes; connect through eye contact with your webcam and speak conversationally.

The good news is that with the right AI interview preparation, you can learn to navigate the algorithm and connect with the human who will ultimately decide.

How I Can Help

I study these platforms, test them, and stay current on the latest changes so you don’t have to. My interview coaching is designed to help you:

• Practice delivering clear, confident answers on camera.
• Identify and naturally integrate the right interview keywords.
• Manage your time effectively under asynchronous interview conditions.
• Keep your energy and authenticity on video.
• Navigate both the AI scoring system and the human evaluation behind it.

AI may be part of the process, but you’re still interviewing with people. My goal is to help you show up ready – so you make it through the technology and impress the human on the other side.

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