HireVue for Candidates Hack 5.0.10 + Redeem Codes

I have done digital interviews in the past so this wasn’t my first run. But it was my first time using this app. I don’t like the fact that there wasn’t a way to record answers again or pause to give more time to think how you want your answers to be delivered. In my previous experience I was able to do that. I had an unlimited amount of times to re-record and to start over. If I didn’t like the way the answer was going I could easily delete and record again. I was even able to play and watch how I answered my questions to see how it was done and delete and start over if I needed to. This app didn’t offer any of those options except a practice run of questions that weren’t even questions that were asked in the interview. I gave it 4 stars because it still gave me access to do this on my device and record answers and submit my interview digitally. But such an overall disappointment because I don’t think it allows candidates to showcase who they really are.

I liked the way that the online interview closely mirrored a real interview: you get one chance to answer a question and there are no do-overs. This makes the process clean and neat and keeps an interviewee from falling into an endless cycle of re-doing responses. It also gives the hiring committee a pretty accurate profile of what a candidate will do under pressure. I especially liked the (unlimited?)practice time—I only did 2 or 3 questions, but it was comforting to know there were more. I was able to quickly hone a process that worked for me—which includes taking note of the question do that I would make sure to answer it, and also to make quick notes so I would not freeze and forget once the camera “started rolling.” Great app. I’d highly recommend it as a hiring tool!

*Also, for the company (school district)that used this hiring tool for my interview: It shows that they are dedicated to equity and fairness by using the HireVue process. Oftentimes candidates feel that the decisions are made before interviews are held. This process builds trust and respect for the district. It shows integrity and thereby raises the standards for surrounding districts.

In my opinion, this is a terrible way to screen candidates for a job (I work in healthcare, and healthcare is nothing if not face-to-face interaction between caregiver and patient). This app strips away all the non-verbal human interactions between job candidate and employer, leaving the candidate to wonder what is on the other side of the camera (this is not a videoconferencing app, you are simply recording your interview to a camera).

In a face-to-face interview, the interviewer represents the company to which you are applying, and you can glean some idea of the corporate culture by your interactions. With this app, you are left to flounder about with no eye contact or non-verbal cues to gauge their interest during the interview process. Both employer and candidate could lose out on a good working relationship because an otherwise great candidate is someone who is not a natural in front of a camera.

Four stars for an app that works as advertised, but a misapplication of technology.

While I agree with the assessment that it would be nice to be able to pause the practice questions, the reality is that the actual video interview does not have that option. I appreciated the fact that the practice format was in direct correlation to the video interview itself. While the questions were not the same, they followed the same process - set time to read the question & a set time to answer the question. The entire experience was about as authentic as a live interview. There’s no option to unsay what you’ve said. And in reality you don’t generally have 30secs to answer a question when you’re sitting in front of a panel of interviewers. However, since you have to read the question, it gives time to read it and begin formulating a response. The last thing I will mention is that the practice questions come back around, so you’ll have the opportunity to start fresh on them, but you can’t unscramble eggs.

This app is designed to get be short and straight to the point. Nobody likes to go to a building, told to wait in a lobby area, then walked through halls or to a back office/conference room and be asked questions that have nothing to do with the job. The questions are directly about the job and your experience and how it can help the company.

There are people who get nervous during a face to face interview and that can mess up everything. With this app you are in a comfortable environment “professionally free” (yes that’s my new term) to be yourself. It gives the company a chance to see who you really are.

We are supposed to research the company we are working for anyway to see if the environment is something we are going to be able to work in ourselves. This is no different from going on Glassdoor or googling reviews for various companies. The person you go meet in person for a interview may represent the company well, but does not speak on the environment that will be around you.

Point blank period this app is the best interview process ever. It may not be what everybody likes because people do not like change, but this is genius.

As a Human Resources leader, I signed a contract with HireVue in my last position in an effort to increase recruiter efficiency. Now that I’m in the job market, I’m finding that many employers are utilizing this technology. From a candidate’s perspective, recorded video interviews like HireVue are incredibly impersonal and awkward. The whole experience reflects poorly on the employer, as all of the burden, time investment and inconvenience falls on the applicant. In an effort to increase efficiency, the employer is effectively giving candidates a negative first impression.

Employers who continue to utilize this technology are ultimately doing themselves a disservice. In their effort to increase efficiency, they will ultimately lose out on the strongest candidates, as they will no longer be willing to participate in this cold, mechanical experience. For this reason, as time goes on I believe employers will discontinue the use of recorded interviews.

After being on the candidate side of this process I will strongly discourage any future employer from utilizing recorded video interviews such as this.

I thought this way of conducting a preliminary interview was an excellent way for me to introduce myself by answering questions that are important to my potential employer. I’m very adaptable to new technology and I found it easy to do, overall. Being given unlimited opportunities to record my responses until I was happy was a big plus for me. It gave me time to jot down some notes and practice recording before hitting the submit button. This guaranteed I was submitting my best responses to the questions asked and I appreciated that. This app is great for the purpose it was designed for.

The way the app runs you don't submit your interview as one final product but for some reason as individual pieces. There is no reviewing the final product and the next button is also the submit button. I have never seen an online resume or application where when you go to the next page it submits the prior. This is not common practice and no one should have to wonder if they can’t finish their work and look at the whole picture. Also if your service is to act as a medium for interviews why would you choose to go against the common practice? Why make your experience and specific style a unique challenge that interviewees have to add to their interview preparations?

Further I believe little real effort was made to account for this and ensure people are made aware. Mentioning it in a body of text within one link on you FAQ page on the tech help page is to the point of devious.

I’ve spent 2 hours texting back and forth with tech support and was unable to get the app to initialize on my personal iPhone 6s. The error screen insisted that the app had determined that I did not have sufficient access to grant it permission to use my phone’s camera and microphone. It suggested I contact my phone’s administrator. Checking under “settings” further showed that the app had access to my camera but had not requested (nor did I have the option to grant) access to my phone’s microphone. Tech support ran me through all the usual steps - restart the phone, reinstall the app, switch from WiFi to data, etc. but in the end they told me I need to try the app on another device. Is my 6s (with up to date iOS) really so old that it is no longer supported?

I suppose we will all be interviewing in this format so we should get used to it. The app does the basics without any extras that don’t need to be there. That being said, things like this are impersonal and make the interview process more nerve-wracking than something in person- “practice” questions, countdown timers and the ability to review your answers are only there to irritate and frazzle.
Scheduled phone interviews and video calls where you speak and meet someone in or hired by the company don’t give you so much time to wonder if that job on the other end of this impersonal app is actually worth it. Anyone not recognizing this fact are on the other end watching their applicants squirm and whine as they sit and chuckle.