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An AI interview score is only as trustworthy as the rubric behind it. Hand two interviewers the same transcript with no scoring rules and you get two different verdicts. Hand an AI the same transcript with no rubric and you
Generating screening questions is a solved problem. Any LLM will give you 30 in ten seconds. The hard part is choosing the ones that produce answers an AI interviewer can tell apart, so your shortlist reflects real differences between candidates
Should an AI interview use questions, topics or scenarios? Use a question when every candidate must hear the same words, such as a notice-period or eligibility check. Use a topic when you want to test a skill and need the
Ask Equip answers questions about your live hiring data: openings, applications, assessment scores, interviews and your hiring team. The six prompts below are the ones that save recruiters the most clicking. Each one shows what to type, what Ask Equip
How do you create an AI screening interview from a job description? Give the AI a trimmed version of the job description and let it draft interview topics. Cut those topics down to the three to five skills that decide
Equip now has an MCP: a single, read-only layer that lets AI answer questions from your live hiring data. It knows how to look up an opening, pull applications, fetch assessment scores and load your hiring analytics, and it checks
What is a structured interview? A structured interview asks every candidate the same job-related questions, in the same order, and scores each answer against the same predefined rating scale. Because candidates are compared on equal terms, it predicts job performance
One-way vs conversational AI interviews, in short: use a one-way interview to screen a large pool on identical questions. Use a conversational AI interview when you need to hear how a candidate reasons, because only a live interviewer can ask
What is an AI interview? An AI interview is a first-round screening interview run by software instead of a recruiter. The AI asks role-specific questions, evaluates each answer against criteria you set, and produces a scored report with a recommendation.
Starting October 5th, 2026, Equip switches from our current pay-as-you-go model to subscription pricing. From that date, adding new credits to your account will require an active subscription. What's changing, and when Until October 5th 2026, top-ups work
Every candidate who sits a personality test does a bit of quick math first. What are they looking for here? A sales role probably rewards confident and outgoing. A compliance job probably rewards careful and precise. So the honest question
Most recruiting tools added the word "agentic" to their homepage this year. Few changed what the software actually does. This is how to tell the difference before it costs you money or candidates. A field guide for talent leaders.