What to Tell Candidates Before an AI Interview

Tell candidates five things in the invite, above the link: an AI runs the interview, what it covers and about how long it takes, what gets recorded, what to do if it drops, and that a person makes the decision. Use plain words, in the first message.

In Greenhouse's 2026 candidate survey, among US candidates who experienced AI evaluation, 70% said AI wasn't clearly disclosed before their most recent AI interview. We'd expect anyone who first learns it's AI on the start screen to feel tricked, even if you hid nothing.

Before you send it, check supported devices and browsers, recovery instructions, retry options, and how candidates contact support. In Xquizit, candidates finish any time before your deadline, reminders go out automatically and a dropped session resumes from the same link. Duration is a target, so write "about". Capture depends on the proctoring mode and needs the candidate's explicit consent; full proctoring needs a laptop or desktop.

Your reminder should repeat the deadline and the same link. Your start screen should say again what's recorded and ask for consent before recording begins.

We'd put the most care into line five: in the same survey, 46% of US candidates want the option to request a human interview instead. Offering one is your policy call: decide before launch and say so in the invite. If your region has rules on AI in hiring, check them locally; this isn't legal advice.

In Xquizit, your recruiter gets a report with scores and answer evidence, plus the transcript and recordings where available. They can override the result and they keep the final call, so line five is accurate.

What we'd do

We wouldn't send another AI interview invite without these five lines. The candidate who asked "Is this a real person? Will I be recorded?" should have had both answers above the link. If we had to keep only one line, it would be the last: a person makes the decision.