Best AI Interview Software: 10 Tools Compared

October 11, 20266 min read
Best AI Interview Software: 10 Tools Compared

Best AI Interview Software: 10 Tools Compared

TL;DR

  • "AI interview software" covers four different products: AI that conducts the interview, AI that takes notes on interviews run by people, one-way recorded video, and human interviewers supported by AI.
  • If your problem is too many applicants and too few recruiter hours, look at AI interviewers.
  • If your interviews are fine but the write-ups are slow, look at note-takers.
  • Ask how each tool scores answers, whether it shows the evidence, and who makes the final decision.

AI interview software uses artificial intelligence somewhere in the interview: asking the questions, recording the answers, taking notes or scoring. The label is applied to tools that do very different things, which makes comparison hard.

This guide sorts 10 tools into four groups. Cloutra is our product, so we have listed it first and said where it fits and where it does not. Details on the other vendors come from their own websites as of October 2026. Confirm features and prices with each vendor before you decide.

What is AI interview software?

AI interview software is any tool that uses AI to run, record or assess a job interview. The four types are:

  • AI interviewers. The AI conducts the interview itself by voice or video, asks follow-up questions and produces a scored summary.
  • Interview note-takers. A person runs the interview. The AI records it, takes notes and drafts the write-up.
  • One-way video interviews. Candidates record answers to set questions. AI may summarize or score the recordings.
  • Human-led interviews with AI support. A trained interviewer runs the session, with AI helping to prepare or assess.

AI interviewers: the AI conducts the interview

1. Cloutra

Cloutra's interview agent, Alex, runs a face-to-face video interview with each candidate at a time the candidate chooses. Alex asks role-specific questions, follows up on thin answers and writes an evaluation that quotes the candidate's own words. Recruiters watch the recording, read the evidence and make the decision. Cloutra also scores resumes against the job before the interview.

  • Best for: teams that want every applicant given a real first-round interview, with a person approving each step.
  • Keep in mind: Cloutra works beside your ATS and is not one itself. It is priced per completed interview.

2. HireVue

HireVue is an enterprise hiring platform with one-way and live video interviewing, assessments, and an AI Interviewer that holds a two-way conversation with candidates.

  • Best for: large employers with high-volume hiring programs.
  • Keep in mind: there is no self-serve option or public pricing.

3. Alex (formerly Apriora)

The company formerly called Apriora now trades as Alex. Its AI recruiter conducts interviews by phone, video, text message or WhatsApp, and offers scheduling, identity verification and proctoring. It is a separate company from Cloutra, whose interview agent happens to share the name.

  • Best for: employers and staffing firms hiring at volume across several channels.
  • Keep in mind: pricing is not published.

4. Ribbon

Ribbon is an AI interviewer that conducts voice and video interviews in more than ten languages, with sourcing and outreach alongside.

  • Best for: hourly and frontline hiring, staffing agencies and contact centers.
  • Keep in mind: plans include a monthly number of interviews, with a charge for each one above it.

5. HeyMilo

HeyMilo offers AI voice phone screens and scored two-way video interviews, plus text-message screening, in more than twenty languages.

  • Best for: high-volume teams, staffing agencies and outsourcing companies.
  • Keep in mind: pricing is not published.

6. Braintrust AIR

Braintrust AIR is a conversational AI interviewer. Candidates take an adaptive voice interview on their own schedule, and answers are scored against a rubric.

  • Best for: enterprise talent teams that want structured voice screening.
  • Keep in mind: it is voice only, and pricing is based on volume by quote.

Interview note-takers: a person runs the interview

7. Metaview

Metaview is best known for its AI notetaker, which records interviews run by people and drafts the notes. It has since added agents for sourcing, application review and screening calls.

  • Best for: teams that run many human interviews and want faster, more consistent write-ups.
  • Keep in mind: it plugs into your ATS and does not replace it.

8. BrightHire

BrightHire is an interview intelligence platform for planning interviews and capturing AI notes and insights. It also offers BrightHire Screen, an AI screening interview. Zoom acquired BrightHire in late 2025.

  • Best for: talent teams that want to coach interviewers and standardize interviews run by people.
  • Keep in mind: pricing is not published.

One-way video interviews

9. Spark Hire

Spark Hire offers one-way and live video interviewing, an ATS and behavioral assessments. Its AI reviews, summarizes and scores recorded answers.

  • Best for: teams that want candidates to record answers to fixed questions, at published prices.
  • Keep in mind: the questions are fixed, so there are no live follow-ups from an AI interviewer.

Human-led interviews with AI support

10. Karat

Karat provides live technical interviews run by its own trained interview engineers. Its newer format lets candidates use an AI assistant during the interview while a person assesses them.

  • Best for: engineering organizations that want technical interviews handled by specialists.
  • Keep in mind: it covers technical roles only, and a person runs each interview.

How to choose AI interview tools

Name the problem first. Too many applicants to interview points to an AI interviewer. Slow feedback after interviews points to a note-taker. Scheduling across time zones points to anything candidates can take on their own time.

Look at the evidence, not only the score. A number on its own is hard to defend. Prefer tools that show the candidate's answers behind each rating, so a recruiter can agree or disagree.

Check who decides. Ask whether the tool can reject a candidate automatically. Keeping a person in charge of the decision is safer for candidates and for compliance.

Try the candidate's side. Take the interview yourself. If it feels awkward or unfair, good candidates will drop out.

Ask about bias testing and accessibility. Find out how the vendor tests for adverse impact, and what accommodations exist for candidates who cannot use video or voice.

Frequently asked questions

What is an AI interviewer?

An AI interviewer is software that conducts a job interview itself. It asks questions by voice or video, listens to the answers, asks follow-ups and produces a summary or score for the hiring team to review.

Do candidates accept AI interviews?

Acceptance depends on how the interview is run. Candidates respond better when they are told in advance that the interviewer is AI, can choose the time, are asked relevant questions and know a person will review the result.

Is an AI interview the same as a one-way video interview?

No. In a one-way video interview the candidate records answers to fixed questions. An AI interviewer holds a two-way conversation and can ask follow-up questions based on what the candidate says.

Can AI interview software make the hiring decision?

It should not. The stronger approach, and the one regulators are moving toward, is for the AI to gather and organize evidence while a person decides.

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