Recruitment just got a high-tech upgrade. TestGorilla, known for its skill-focused talent discovery platform, has unveiled AI-driven video interviews designed to replace traditional manual screening calls. The new feature, available in both one-way and conversational formats, evaluates candidates’ skills and behaviors, offering instant, science-backed scores that help recruiters shortlist faster—and more confidently.
“Hiring teams are flooded with AI-polished applications, making genuine skill hard to spot,” said Claudia Baijens, VP of Product at TestGorilla. “Manual screening calls are subjective, unscalable, and poor at surfacing real ability. Our AI interviews apply structured, skills-based scoring to every candidate, so recruiters can focus on connecting with top talent.”
Two Formats for Different Hiring Needs
One-way Interviews: Ideal for high-volume hiring, candidates record short video responses at their convenience. Recruiters select from expert-designed questions—or customize their own—while the AI instantly scores responses against validated, role-specific criteria. This approach eliminates scheduling headaches and ensures consistent comparison across the talent pool.
Conversational Interviews: For deeper evaluation, a skills-trained AI persona conducts a 6–20 minute live interview. The AI asks relevant follow-ups within strict guardrails to probe both behavioral and role-specific competencies. Two tracks are offered:
- Role-specific: Over 100 tailored interviews blend behavioral, situational, and experience-based prompts.
- Behavioral: Focuses on 21 validated competencies from TestGorilla’s Behavioral Competency Profiler (BCP), bringing structured soft-skill evaluation to the hiring process.
Why TestGorilla Stands Out
Science-backed, skills-first approach: All content and scoring rubrics are developed in-house by PhDs in psychometrics and industrial-organizational psychology, validated with subject-matter experts for fairness, reliability, and predictive accuracy.
Transparent, recruiter-controlled scoring: AI provides 0–5 scores with clear explanations. Recruiters can review transcripts, watch recordings, and adjust scores as needed—ensuring transparency and full control.
Unified candidate evaluation: Interview results integrate directly into the TestGorilla platform, allowing hiring teams to view skills test results and interview scores in a single, holistic profile.
By combining scientific rigor with automation, TestGorilla’s AI interviews aim to tackle a major pain point in modern hiring: separating genuine skill from polished application materials. The new feature is available today via TestGorilla’s Custom plan.
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