In the past, reaching a piece of information meant moving within the limits of time and place; today, we can easily follow a class taught at school from home or wherever we happen to be. More than that — we can re-watch a lesson at any time we want.

In a digitalizing world, human resources processes have made significant progress, and technological investment in this area has risen sharply. Applications that save time and cost in these processes are drawing particular interest. We know that interviews fill a large share of every hiring cycle. Inviting candidates and waiting for them to show up — squeezed into a busy work schedule — is one of the hardest parts of the process. This is exactly where video interview platforms, by removing the constraints of place and time, make hiring conversations far easier. Research draws attention to how the time saved on interviews this way translates directly into lower HR costs.

When people hear “video interview”, what usually comes to mind is a live two-sided conversation over the internet. But one-way video interview applications — where candidates log in at a time and place they choose and record their answers — are gaining importance just as quickly. By giving the candidate full freedom over time and place, these tools also give the assessor the chance to revisit, analyse and grade systematically. As a result, interviews become minimum-time, maximum-output work for HR specialists.

One-way video interview applications let candidates join interviews at different locations with a single click from wherever they are. The HR specialist running the assessment can record the interview, replay the same video as many times as needed at points where they hesitate or find evaluation difficult, and even share a link so colleagues with authority can watch and help with the decision.

Beyond that — face-to-face interviews are affected by the in-the-moment mood of both assessor and candidate, the conditions of the interview room and the time of day. Video interviews remove the negative pull of those factors; candidates can join under conditions that fit them best, and the assessment can end on more productive ground.

By putting today’s technology to work, HR specialists and employers can accelerate their hiring processes and unlock higher output at lower cost more easily than ever.

Trying it out is up to you.