How to Run an EX Avatar Interview

Steps

Enable EX Avatar for the role

Turn on EX Avatar for the pipeline stage where the video interview should run.

Confirm the questions and rubric

Review the questions and the rubric the avatar interviewer scores against. See How to Set Scoring Weights.

Invite the candidate

Send the invite, or share the interview link. The candidate acknowledges the AI interview notice and privacy consent before the interview starts.

Candidate completes the interview

The candidate joins from any browser, passes the device and camera check, and completes the avatar interview. See Preview the candidate interview experience.

Review the report

The interview is scored against the rubric and quality checks run before the report surfaces. See Read the EX Avatar report.

Best practices

Do this	Avoid this
Say what to expect up front: format, length, and what happens next.	Starting cold. Uncertainty is the most common reason candidates abandon.
Preview the avatar in Settings before inviting candidates.	Sending the first invite untested.
Read the report, not just the score.	Treating the score as the decision. A person owns the outcome.

FAQs

Can we choose the avatar?

Yes. Admins pick the avatar interviewer in Configure your AI interviewer.

Can a candidate have more than one avatar round?

Yes. Turn on up to three avatar rounds in Configure your AI interviewer.

What if the candidate's connection drops?

See Understand Scoring Gates for how incomplete sessions are recovered.

Before you start