Structured interviews for professional roles
Structured first rounds. Every team interview written up.
Structured first rounds, every team interview written up in your scorecard, open areas passed to the next interviewer, and one-page briefs for hiring managers.
Thursday, 16:00. The debrief starts in an hour.
The hiring manager wants one page on the finance lead candidates. Four interviewers each asked something different, two haven’t sent feedback yet, and the final round repeated questions the first one already covered. The recruiter is piecing it together from emails and memory.
Professional hiring, before and with Firstview
In personnel selection research, structured interviews are the strongest predictor of job performance, with the highest mean validity (r = .42) of any method studied.
Source: Sackett et al., 2022, summarized by SIOP| Today |  With Firstview | |
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| First rounds | Phone screens that ask each candidate something different. | The same structured first round for every candidate, judged by the same criteria. |
| CV claims | Polished CVs that all look alike. | Each role on the CV read in context, and the interview report flags anything that contradicts the CV. |
| Manager time | Managers sit in first rounds for every candidate. | The AI runs the first round. Managers meet the shortlist. |
| Notes | Notes written from memory, if at all. | The Notetaker writes up every team interview from the recording, with an evaluation in your scorecard. |
| Consistency | Every interviewer judges differently. | The same criteria and template for every interviewer. |
| Repeated questions | The final round asks what the first one already covered. | Each interview report and Notetaker write-up lists the questions asked and the areas still open. |
| Feedback | Scorecards arrive days late, or never. | Notes are ready after the call, and the team scores and discusses in one thread. |
| Debrief | A debrief that runs on recall and the loudest opinion. | A one-page brief built from interview evidence, read before the debrief. |
| Comparing candidates | Notes scattered across email and docs. | Interview reports side by side, with every recording on file. |
| Hiring managers | HR forwards CVs and chases feedback by email. | Hiring managers see their own roles and pending actions. |
Every round structured, every team interview written up.
Structured first rounds
Every candidate gets the same questions and is judged by the same criteria, with quotes.
Every team interview, in your template
Notes from the recording, not from memory, with the right name on every line.
Team scores, one thread
Your team scores from Strong No to Strong Yes and discusses the candidate in one place.
One page for the hiring manager
A candidate brief built from the interview evidence, readable in a minute.
Finance Manager, Kestrel Bank
A structured first round, with quotes.
Each criterion gets a verdict and the candidate’s own words, with the moment they said them.
- A verdict for every criterion
- The candidate’s own words
- A time stamp on every quote
Every team interview, written up.
The Notetaker joins the team interview and fills your Hiring Team Review template, one section per interviewer.
- Joins the team interview
- Fills the Hiring Team Review template
- One section per interviewer
Hiring managers in the loop.
Hiring managers see their roles only. They read the brief, add a team score and discuss the candidate in one thread.
- Access to their own roles only
- A team score on every brief
- One discussion thread per candidate
One standard, from first round to final interview
Firstview applies one set of criteria from the CV to the final team interview. The AI runs a structured first round, and the Notetaker writes each interviewer’s evaluation in the same template, with the questions asked and the areas still open.
Every round builds on the last, and the team can compare candidates side by side.
Questions teams ask
What is a structured interview?
A structured interview asks every candidate the same questions and judges the answers against the same criteria. In personnel selection research it is the strongest predictor of job performance (r = .42). In Firstview, the AI runs the structured first round and the Notetaker writes up each later team interview in your template.
Is this a one-way video interview?
No. It is a live two-way conversation: the AI asks your structured questions, follows up when an answer is incomplete and answers the candidate’s questions.
What does the Notetaker do?
It joins each team interview on Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, from your calendar or a link, records it and fills your template with one section per interviewer, with the right name on every line.
Does the AI look at the candidate’s face?
No. Firstview does not analyze faces or expressions, and video is never part of the evaluation. Verdicts come from what the candidate says.
Can we use our own interview scorecard?
Yes. Build it as a Notetaker template, with ratings, a yes/no recommendation and any sections you need, and the Notetaker fills it from the recording.
Can later interviewers see what earlier rounds covered?
Yes. Each interview report and Notetaker write-up lists the questions asked, how the candidate answered and the areas still open, so the next interviewer can focus on new ground.
Does the report flag gaps between the CV and the interview?
Yes. The AI interview report flags anything that contradicts the CV and lists the criteria the interview did not cover.