> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.exterview.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Exterview Knowledge Base

> The Exterview knowledge base: configure, deploy and monitor human and agent evaluation, with developer APIs, security and compliance for regulated enterprise hiring.

Exterview is an AI-first hiring **evaluation** platform. It sits as an intelligence layer above your existing hiring stack and scores candidates, and the AI agents that assist them, consistently, reproducibly, and with a full audit trail.

Exterview has been generally available on the Microsoft Marketplace since 20 August 2026, and is live and transactable there.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="AI Employees" icon="id-card" href="/smaya/ai-employees">
    Role Designer, Screener, Coordinator and Report Specialist work alongside
    your team, with Smaya for everything else. They ask before they create,
    publish or contact a candidate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The Agent Swarm" icon="network" href="/smaya/agent-swarm">
    Upcoming: give Smaya the role, and it runs the pipeline and brings reports
    to your Agent Inbox. Today, screening through to a ranked Leaderboard is
    Available.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

See [Now Available](/product-updates/now-available) for everything you can use today. Below you'll find every guide in the knowledge base, grouped the same way as the sidebar.

## Get Started

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    Start here to learn what Exterview is, how an evaluation actually runs, and the vocabulary the rest of these docs use.
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        [Get Started with Exterview](/get-started/overview)
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        [Quickstart](/get-started/quickstart)
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        [Core Concepts](/get-started/core-concepts)
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        [Modules](/get-started/modules)
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        [AI Employees](/smaya/ai-employees)
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        [Glossary](/get-started/glossary)
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## Configure

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    Configuration is guided and CS-led. These guides cover what gets captured about your organization, and how it is signed off and frozen.
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        [Configure Exterview](/configure/overview)
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        [Setup & Sign-Off](/configure/setup-questionnaire)
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        [Foundation](/configure/foundation)
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        [Operations](/configure/operations)
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        [Governance](/configure/governance)
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        [Go-Live Readiness](/configure/go-live-readiness)
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## Deploy

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    Deployment is where a configured workflow is made available to a candidate, recruiter, or downstream system, as a live agent session or a document workflow.
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        [Deploy Exterview](/deploy/overview)
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        [Session Types](/deploy/session-types)
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        [Invite Flows](/deploy/invite-flows)
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        [Deployment Authentication](/deploy/authentication)
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              </span>
        [Integrations](/deploy/integrations-webhooks)
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              </span>
        [Microsoft Connectors](/deploy/connectors-microsoft)
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        [Production Checklist](/deploy/production-checklist)
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### Capabilities

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    The candidate-facing and decision-facing surfaces a deployment can switch on.
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              </span>
        [Career Page](/capabilities/career-page)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
                <Icon icon="zap" />
              </span>
        [Instant Interviews (Voice / Avatar)](/capabilities/instant-interviews)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
                <Icon icon="users" />
              </span>
        [Panel & HR Rounds](/capabilities/panel-hr-rounds)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
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              </span>
        [Ranking and Scoring](/capabilities/stack-ranking-scoring)
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### Supporting

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    The supporting data operations a deployment depends on.
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        [Jobs & Candidates (CRUD)](/supporting/jobs-candidates)
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        [Bulk Ingest (REST)](/supporting/bulk-ingest)
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### Walkthroughs

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    End-to-end walkthroughs of a single session, one per agent, from invite to report.
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        [How to Run EX Scan](/walkthroughs/ex-scan)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
                <Icon icon="phone" />
              </span>
        [How to Run EX Call — AI Phone Screening](/walkthroughs/ex-phone-screen)
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                <Icon icon="mic" />
              </span>
        [How to Run EX Voice](/walkthroughs/ex-voice)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
                <Icon icon="video" />
              </span>
        [How to Run EX Avatar](/walkthroughs/ex-avatar)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
                <Icon icon="users" />
              </span>
        [How to Run Panel Interviews in Microsoft Teams](/walkthroughs/ex-panel)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
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              </span>
        [How to Run the HR Round](/walkthroughs/ex-hr)
    </div>

    **Upcoming:**

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      *       <span className="kb-ico">
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              </span>
        [EX Skill Assessment (Upcoming)](/walkthroughs/ex-skill-assessment)
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                <Icon icon="code" />
              </span>
        [EX Code (Upcoming)](/walkthroughs/ex-code)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
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              </span>
        [EX Onboarding Buddy (Upcoming)](/walkthroughs/ex-onboarding-buddy)
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        [EX Role Fit (Upcoming)](/walkthroughs/ex-role-fit)
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## Monitor

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    Everything that happens once a session produces an output: the report, how it was scored, the audit trail, and the analytics built on top.
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        [Monitor Exterview](/monitor/overview)
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                <Icon icon="file-text" />
              </span>
        [Session Reports](/monitor/session-reports)
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              </span>
        [How Scoring Works](/monitor/how-scoring-works)
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              </span>
        [Report Glossary](/monitor/report-glossary)
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        [Report Templates](/monitor/report-templates)
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        [Analytics](/monitor/analytics)
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        [Calibration](/monitor/calibration)
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              </span>
        [AI Observability and Evals](/monitor/ai-observability)
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        [Outcome Intelligence](/monitor/outcome-intelligence)
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              </span>
        [Troubleshooting](/monitor/troubleshooting)
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## Why Exterview

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    The case for a separate evaluation layer above your ATS, and where Exterview deliberately stops.
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        [Why Exterview](/why-exterview/overview)
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        [How We're Different](/why-exterview/difference)
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        [Common Questions](/why-exterview/faqs)
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## Smaya

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    Smaya is the enterprise Agent OS. Exterview is the first application built on it, Gradientflo is next, and its library of pre-built agents combines into AI Employees your teams work with.
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                <img src="https://mintcdn.com/exterviewinc/2F3WHDYe4q7V4uTB/images/smaya/smaya-icon.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=2F3WHDYe4q7V4uTB&q=85&s=e757bc266abe66ce35ab7128b7008cf8" alt="" className="smaya-ico" width="96" height="96" data-path="images/smaya/smaya-icon.webp" />
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        [Meet Smaya](/smaya/overview)
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        [Platform Architecture](/smaya/how-it-works)
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        [AI Employees](/smaya/ai-employees)
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              </span>
        [Smaya Assistant](/smaya/assistant)
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              </span>
        [Agent Library](/smaya/capabilities)
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              </span>
        [Governance & Control](/smaya/oversight)
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                <Icon icon="link" />
              </span>
        [MCP (Model Context Protocol)](/smaya/mcp)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
                <Icon icon="network" />
              </span>
        [The Agent Swarm](/smaya/agent-swarm) (Upcoming)
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              </span>
        [Agent Inbox](/smaya/agent-inbox) (Upcoming)
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## Trust & Compliance

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    How your data is protected, where it lives, which models touch it, and what evidence you can produce for an audit.
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        [Security](/trust/security)
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              </span>
        [Privacy & Residency](/trust/privacy-residency)
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        [Models We Use](/trust/models)
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              </span>
        [Sub-processors](/trust/sub-processors)
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              </span>
        [Responsible AI](/trust/responsible-ai)
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              </span>
        [Auditability](/trust/auditability)
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              </span>
        [Compliance FAQs](/trust/compliance-faqs)
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## Developers

The developer surface: how the API is shaped, how partner authentication works, and what integrates today.

### Developers

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    The partner API is Upcoming. The MCP server is Available today.
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        [Developer API](/api-reference/introduction)
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              </span>
        [API Authentication](/get-started/authentication)
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              </span>
        [Integration Categories](/integrations/overview)
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## Product Updates

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    What shipped, what you can use now, and what is upcoming, so you can plan a rollout around what is real.
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        [Roadmap](/product-updates/roadmap)
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              </span>
        [Now Available](/product-updates/now-available)
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              </span>
        [Upcoming](/product-updates/upcoming)
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        [Changelog](/product-updates/changelog)
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## Pricing

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    How Exterview is priced: commitment and per-decision models, and procurement through the Microsoft Marketplace, where Exterview is live.
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        [Exterview Pricing](/pricing/overview)
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## Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs of every screen in the product, grouped by enterprise setup, the modules themselves, and advanced capabilities.

### Enterprise Setup

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    The one-time setup sequence an enterprise works through with your CS team, in order.
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        [How to Sign Up and Get Started](/guides/self-onboarding)
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        [How to Set Up Your Org Structure](/guides/setup-org-structure)
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        [How to Set Up Job Architecture](/guides/job-architecture)
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        [How to Add Users](/guides/setup-users)
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              </span>
        [How to Assign Roles and Access](/guides/setup-roles-access)
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              </span>
        [How to Design Your Hiring Pipeline](/guides/setup-pipeline)
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              </span>
        [How to Set Scoring Weights](/guides/setup-scoring)
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              </span>
        [How to Govern Agent Skills](/guides/settings-agent-skills)
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### Modules

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    Day-to-day guides for each module a recruiter, hiring manager, or admin uses.
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        [How to Use Your Dashboard](/guides/dashboard)
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                <Icon icon="briefcase" />
              </span>
        [How to Create and Manage Jobs](/guides/jobs)
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                <Icon icon="user" />
              </span>
        [How to View and Manage Candidates](/guides/candidates)
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              </span>
        [How to Add and Manage Customers](/guides/customers)
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              </span>
        [How to Set Up Your Careers Page](/guides/careers-page)
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                <Icon icon="hammer" />
              </span>
        [How to Build a Role with AI](/guides/ai-role-builder)
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                <Icon icon="magnet" />
              </span>
        [How to Match Candidates to a Role](/guides/ai-candidate-matcher)
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                <Icon icon="phone" />
              </span>
        [How to Run an AI Phone Screen](/guides/ai-phone-screener)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
                <Icon icon="mic" />
              </span>
        [How to Review an AI Interview](/guides/ai-interview-review)
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              </span>
        [How to Preview the Candidate Interview
        Experience](/guides/candidate-interview-experience)
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                <Icon icon="users" />
              </span>
        [How to Run a Panel Round in Microsoft Teams](/guides/panel-round-teams)
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                <Icon icon="file-text" />
              </span>
        [How to Read the Unified Candidate Report](/guides/unified-report)
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                <Icon icon="trophy" />
              </span>
        [How to Use the Candidate Leaderboard](/guides/candidate-leaderboard)
      *       <span className="kb-ico">
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              </span>
        [How to Review Billing, Usage, and Plans](/guides/billing)
    </div>

    **Upcoming:**

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              </span>
        [Code Assessment (Upcoming)](/guides/ai-code-assessment)
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              </span>
        [Search and Export (Upcoming)](/guides/search-export)
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