Beatview Blog
Practical, sourced guides on candidate screening, structured and AI interviews, recruiting metrics and responsible AI — written for recruitment agencies and hiring teams.
Build an AI Hiring Agent and a Live Recruiting Dashboard with Cursor and Beatview (You Make the Final Call)
A practical build guide: connect the Beatview MCP server to Cursor, build a recruiting dashboard that stays up to date, and add an agent that proposes next steps while a person approves every decision.
Category: Hiring Efficiency & Time-to-Hire
Asynchronous Video Interviews: How Async Interviews Cut Scheduling Delays
What an asynchronous video interview is, how it compares with live interviews, which scheduling delays it removes (and which it does not), when it fits and how to handle unfinished interviews.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing
Interview Automation: What to Automate and What to Keep Human
Which interview tasks software can automate — invitations, recording, scoring, ranking — which stay human, the configurations you can run and a one-role setup checklist for automated interviews.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing
Skills-Based Hiring vs Resume Screening: How to Combine Both
What skills-based hiring is, how it compares with resume screening, what the research says about each type of evidence, and a staged model and decision tree for using both.
Category: Candidate Screening & Resume Screening
Video Interview Questions: 25 Questions for One-Way and AI Interviews
25 recorded video interview questions to ask candidates — warm-up, behavioral questions by role family and practical questions — with what a strong answer contains and a question-quality checklist.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing
How to Shortlist Candidates: A Step-by-Step Shortlisting Process
How to shortlist candidates after CV or resume screening: knockouts, must-haves and differentiators, a six-step process, a shortlisting matrix template and how many candidates to shortlist.
Category: Candidate Screening & Resume Screening
Recruitment Metrics: 16 KPIs to Track (With Formulas and a Free Tracker)
16 recruitment metrics and KPIs with formulas — speed, funnel, quality and cost — plus agency KPIs, a screening-metrics dictionary, a reporting guide and a free tracker to build your baseline.
Category: Hiring Efficiency & Time-to-Hire
Candidate Screening Process: 7 Stages, Methods and a Free Checklist
What candidate screening is, the screening methods compared, a seven-stage process with an owner and output for each stage, and a downloadable candidate screening checklist.
Category: Candidate Screening & Resume Screening
Screening Interview Questions: 30 Questions to Ask Candidates
30 screening interview questions for recruiters, grouped into capability, logistics, motivation and role-specific questions, with what good answers include, a 15-minute phone screen script and questions to avoid.
Category: Candidate Screening & Resume Screening
AI Hiring Laws in 2026: NYC Local Law 144, EU AI Act, GDPR and US State Rules
The main AI hiring laws and their status as of September 2026 — NYC Local Law 144, Illinois, California, Colorado, US federal law, the EU AI Act, GDPR and the UK — plus an agency compliance checklist.
Category: Responsible AI in Hiring
Bias in Hiring: Types, Evidence and 4 Steps to Reduce It in Screening
The common types of hiring bias, what research shows about bias in screening, a four-step method to reduce it, blind hiring and training in context, and the specific risks of AI.
Category: Responsible AI in Hiring
Explainable AI in Recruiting: 5 Things Every Hiring Tool Must Show
What explainable AI means in recruiting, why it matters legally and commercially, the five things to inspect on one candidate in a vendor demo, and what a real explainable candidate record looks like.
Category: Responsible AI in Hiring
Recruitment Workflow: Stages, What to Automate First and a Setup Checklist
The stages of a recruitment workflow, the order in which to automate them, a trigger-and-action map, what should stay human and a launch checklist for automating your first role.
Category: Hiring Efficiency & Time-to-Hire
Structured Hiring Process: 8 Hiring Process Steps That Make Decisions Repeatable
The eight steps of a structured hiring process, the written output and owner of each, and — for recruitment agencies — how to agree criteria, decision ownership and handoff with a client.
Category: Structured Hiring & Interview Scorecards
Video Interview Software for Screening: Types, Must-Have Features and Tests
The types of video interview software, the four mechanics that decide whether recorded screening works — recording, candidate access, reviewer workflow, sharing — and a test for each.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing
AI Hiring Software: How to Choose Without Adding Risk (Evaluation Checklist)
The main types of AI hiring software, a seven-area evaluation built on "demonstrated or not shown", five questions that separate vendors quickly and a bounded pilot plan with acceptance criteria.
Category: Responsible AI in Hiring
AI Resume Screening Tools: A 10-Point Checklist Before You Buy
How to evaluate AI resume screening tools: ten things to check, a three-candidate demo test, vendor claims to treat with caution and the compliance questions every vendor should answer.
Category: Candidate Screening & Resume Screening
AI in Recruitment: Uses, Benefits, Risks and How to Adopt It in 2026
How AI is used across the recruitment process, assistance vs automation, the real benefits and risks, the rules that apply and a five-phase plan for adopting AI without disrupting delivery.
Category: Responsible AI in Hiring
AI Interview Software: How It Works, 8 Platforms Compared and a Buyer Checklist
The three types of AI interview software, how they work, eight platforms compared on format, AI features and published pricing, a checklist for the AI scoring layer and a one-week trial plan.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing
AI Resume Screening: How It Works, Bias Risks and AI vs Manual Review
How AI resume screening works — parsing, matching and stage rules — what good output looks like, how it compares with manual screening, where bias comes from and what recruiters still need to check.
Category: Candidate Screening & Resume Screening
Beatview vs HireVue: Features, Pricing and Which Fits Your Team
A sourced comparison of Beatview and HireVue — focus, interview formats, AI scoring, client sharing, integrations and pricing — with guidance on which suits agencies, lean teams and enterprises.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing
Beatview vs Spark Hire: Features, Pricing and Which to Choose
A sourced comparison of Beatview and Spark Hire — interview formats, AI features, resume screening, client sharing, integrations and pricing — and who each one suits.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing
High-Volume Recruiting: 8 Strategies, a Capacity Plan and Software Checklist
How to run high-volume hiring: eight strategies, a capacity worksheet for deciding how many candidates to invite, handling incomplete interviews, a software requirements checklist and a pilot plan.
Category: Hiring Efficiency & Time-to-Hire
How to Rank Candidates Fairly: A 6-Step Method With a Comparison Matrix
A six-step method to rank candidates on the same evidence, the main ranking methods compared, a candidate comparison matrix template, a worked example and the fairness checks to run before you shortlist.
Category: Structured Hiring & Interview Scorecards
How to Reduce Time to Hire: 12 Changes That Remove Waiting Time
The time-to-hire formula, where the days usually go, and twelve specific changes — each with an owner, the bottleneck it removes and the metric that proves it worked.
Category: Hiring Efficiency & Time-to-Hire
How to Screen Resumes Quickly Without Missing Good Candidates (5 Steps)
A five-step resume screening process for recruiters: criteria a resume can evidence, a batch intake check, review against criteria, a written rule for clear passes and a manual check of exceptions.
Category: Candidate Screening & Resume Screening
Interview Scorecard Template: Free Rubric, Rating Scale and Example
A free interview scorecard you can copy or download, with a 1–5 behaviorally anchored rating scale, suggested weights, a filled-in example and the method for comparing candidates fairly.
Category: Structured Hiring & Interview Scorecards
One-Way Video Interview vs AI Interviewer: Differences and When to Use Each
How one-way video interviews, AI-scored interviews and conversational AI interviewers differ in question delivery, reviewer output and consistency — with a decision table for hiring teams.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing
Best Resume Screening Software: 7 Tools Compared and How to Choose
Seven resume screening tools compared on screening approach, pricing model and best fit, the four jobs screening software does, an eight-point buying checklist and advice for startups.
Category: Candidate Screening & Resume Screening
Structured Interview Questions: 40 Examples With Scoring Guides
40 structured and competency-based interview questions to ask candidates, grouped by skill, with the evidence a strong answer contains, a full interview example and worked 1–5 scoring examples.
Category: Structured Hiring & Interview Scorecards
Structured Interviews: What They Are, Examples and How to Run One
What a structured interview is, how it compares with unstructured and semi-structured interviews, its advantages and disadvantages, and a seven-step method with a worked example.
Category: Structured Hiring & Interview Scorecards
Time to Fill: Formula, Benchmarks and How to Reduce It
What time to fill measures, the formula with a worked example, how it differs from time to hire, the SHRM benchmark in context, and the seven intervals that show where the days actually go.
Category: Hiring Efficiency & Time-to-Hire
What Is an AI Interview? How AI Interviews Work (and How to Prepare)
What an AI interview is, the main types, how they work step by step, what should and should not be scored, how candidates can prepare and the rules employers must follow.
Category: AI Interviews & Video Interviewing