An AI video interview is a spoken conversation. Questions are asked aloud and you answer aloud, on camera, in real time.
How it runs
The interviewer asks a question. You answer. When you finish, the next question follows. Some interviews ask follow-up questions based on what you said — if one comes, it is because your answer opened something worth exploring, not because it was wrong.
You will see the question in text as well as hearing it. If the interview is being conducted in a language other than English, you may also see an English reference panel alongside.
How long you have
The whole interview has a duration, shown as a countdown. Individual answers are not usually capped, but the total is — so a very long first answer costs you later ones.
Two to three minutes is a good length for most answers. If you finish in twenty seconds, you have probably not said enough; if you are still going at five minutes, you have probably stopped answering the question.
Answering well
- Answer the question that was asked, then add context. Not the reverse.
- Use examples. "We reduced it from three weeks to four days by…" beats "I have a lot of experience with process improvement."
- Think out loud where you are reasoning. Silence reads as nothing; reasoning aloud is the thing being assessed.
- It is fine to pause. A short silence to gather your thoughts is normal and is not penalised.
If you stumble
Say so and start the answer again. Nobody is scoring fluency for its own sake, and correcting yourself is better than pressing on with an answer you know went wrong.
Human participants
Some interviews have a human interviewer or silent observers as well. If they do, you will be told at the start and you will see them in the room.