Personal introductory questions serve as an icebreaker, intended to get you to lower your guard and get you out of interview mode. This will provide the assessment vendor context for when you are being genuine and sincere versus professionally performative and giving answers you think they want to hear. It will also inform the hiring authority how well your personality will fit with the rest of the team.

Before your interview, compose a bio for yourself of roughly 200 words to describe your professional life relevant to the position. You can include where you were born, a blurb about your upbringing, and any significant educational and professional achievements leading up to this interview. Rehearse your bio, ensuring you come across as relaxed, interesting, and relatable.

HireVue uses proprietary machine learning algorithms that analyze data points from your video interview. These data points include non-verbal cues, such as facial expressions, eye movements, body movements, clothing details, and vocal nuances. The algorithm will provide your recorded interview with these data points to the company's hiring authority, allowing them to study and compare two candidates side by side, saving them time and preventing bias while narrowing down the candidate pool.