What is a HireVue interview?

A video interview run on HireVue's software for the company you applied to. Most are On Demand: you record answers to the employer's questions on your own time, and the employer's team reviews them. Some are Live video interviews scheduled with an interviewer.

How does HireVue work?

You open the link from your invitation, see how many questions there are and how long it takes, check your camera and microphone, take practice questions, then answer the real ones: a prep-time countdown, then a response-time countdown while you record. When you finish, your answers go to the employer.

Does HireVue record your screen?

HireVue's candidate help describes asking for access to your camera and microphone for an On Demand video interview; it does not describe recording your screen or tracking your tabs. We have no inside knowledge beyond that. Coding or game assessments are set up separately by the employer, so read your invitation for what each part requires.

Can you retake a HireVue interview?

The employer sets how many attempts you get for each question, and the interview shows that number before you start. After you submit an answer you cannot go back to it. Retaking the whole interview is only possible if the employer approves it and sends a new link.

Is HireVue an AI interview? Do humans review it?

In the classic On Demand format no one asks follow-ups — the questions are recorded in advance. The employer's people review the answers and make the decisions; where the employer uses HireVue's assessments, an algorithm also scores work-related competencies. HireVue also sells a separate AI Interviewer that holds a two-way conversation with follow-up questions; it says recruiters make the final call there too.

How do I practise for a HireVue interview?

Start with HireVue's own practice questions in your invitation — unlimited and private. Then rehearse your five or six key stories out loud with an AI interviewer that asks follow-ups, for example in Colloqa, where one full session a day is free.

Can I see the HireVue questions in advance?

No. Every candidate for the same position gets the same questions, chosen by the employer, and HireVue blocks access to them before the interview. Prepare stories for the common kinds of questions instead.

What if I miss the HireVue deadline?

The link expires. Only the employer can extend the deadline or send a new invitation — HireVue support cannot — so contact the company you applied to as soon as you can.

Is Colloqa affiliated with HireVue?

No. Colloqa is an independent interview-practice tool. We describe the HireVue interview from HireVue's public help pages so you can prepare; our AI interviewer is not HireVue's and our questions are not any employer's.

HireVue interview: how it works, practice questions and tips

A HireVue invitation usually means a one-way video interview: questions appear on screen, you get a short time to think, then you record your answer — with no one on the other side. Here is how that interview works, according to HireVue's own candidate help pages, and how to rehearse your answers out loud before it counts.

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Facts checked against HireVue's own pages on October 19, 2026

Colloqa is not affiliated with HireVue or with any company that uses it, and we have no inside knowledge of how a given employer scores your answers. Every fact about the interview below comes from HireVue's own pages, linked next to it. The example questions are ours — your employer writes its own.

What a HireVue interview is

HireVue is the software; the company you applied to sets up the interview, writes the questions and decides who moves on. HireVue's support team runs the platform but is not involved in hiring decisions.

Format: Usually an On Demand interview that you take on your own time, on a computer, tablet or phone: you record answers to questions the employer set up. Some employers schedule a Live video interview instead — your invitation says which. (source)
Questions: Most need a video-recorded answer; some interviews add an essay, multiple-choice or multiple-selection question. Everyone applying for the same position gets the same questions, chosen by the employer, and you cannot see them before you start. (source)
Timing: Each question shows a prep-time countdown, then a response-time countdown; recording starts after a 3-second countdown when you click Start Recording or prep time runs out. You can finish early with Done Answering. HireVue says most interviews have five to eight questions and take 20–30 minutes; set aside 45. (source)
Attempts: The employer sets how many attempts you get per question, and the interview shows the number before you begin. Once you submit an answer you cannot go back to it; retaking the whole interview needs the employer’s approval. (source)
Practice questions: Before the real interview you can take as many practice questions as you like and watch them back. They are not saved and no one else sees them. Practice mode has a blue ribbon at the top. (source)
Who evaluates you: The employer's people review your answers and make the hiring decisions. Where the employer uses HireVue's assessments, an algorithm scores work-related competencies from your responses — some candidates then receive an Insights report. (source)
Deadline: Your invitation gives either an exact due date or a recommended window (for example "within 48 hours"). An expired link can only be extended or reissued by the employer, not by HireVue support. (source)
Accommodations: On the first page of the interview you can request additional time for timed questions ("Click here to request accommodations"). Other accommodations go through the employer. (source)

How an On Demand interview runs

Open the invitation link. Click "Practice or Interview" in the email. HireVue recommends Google Chrome on a computer; you can also use a tablet or phone.
Read the overview and accept the terms. You see the company, the position, how many questions there are, what types, and roughly how long it takes. Some employers add an intro video.
Equipment check, then practice. Allow camera and microphone access, check that you can see yourself and the mic meter moves, then take practice questions until you are comfortable. A screen tells you how many attempts each real question allows.
The real questions. For each one: prep-time countdown ("Not Recording"), a 3-second countdown, then your answer with a response-time countdown. Click Done Answering when you finish, or the recording submits itself when time runs out.
Submit, then wait for the employer. Your answers upload to the company you applied to, and its team decides the next step. HireVue support cannot see your application status.

The kinds of HireVue interview questions to expect

Every employer writes its own questions, so there is no list of "the" HireVue questions. Most first-round video interviews use the same few kinds; below are examples of each — written by us, to practise with.

Behavioral ("Tell me about a time…")

The most common kind: a real situation from your past, told in a minute or two.

Tell me about a time you worked in a team that disagreed on how to do something.
Describe a situation where you had to meet a tight deadline.
Tell me about a mistake you made and what you did next.

Motivation and fit

Why this company, why this role — the questions people under-prepare because they seem easy.

Why do you want to work here?
Why this role, and why now?
What do you know about what this team does?

Banking and finance programmes (JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and others)

Students applying to bank internships and graduate programmes search for these by firm name. Questions vary by firm and year; these are examples in that style.

Why this division rather than another one in the firm?
Tell me about a market or business story you have followed recently and what you made of it.
Describe a time you had to analyse a lot of information quickly to make a decision.

Situational ("What would you do if…")

A hypothetical from the job itself — common for customer-facing and graduate roles.

A customer is upset about a mistake that was not yours. What do you do?
You notice a colleague cutting a corner that could cause a problem later. How do you handle it?

No one asks a follow-up in an On Demand interview, so each answer has to stand on its own: the situation, what you did, the result — inside the response time.

How to prepare for a HireVue interview

Use the practice questions until it feels normal. They are unlimited, private and not saved. Check your sound and picture on the playback, and get used to the prep-then-record rhythm before any answer counts.
Prepare five or six stories, not answers. Teamwork, a deadline, a mistake, a conflict, leading something, a result you are proud of. Most behavioral questions can be answered with one of them.
Use the prep time to outline, not to write. Situation, what you did, result — three words each. Then talk. HireVue says you may keep notes nearby, but reading them out shows.
Aim to finish before the timer. Practise answers that land in about a minute and a half to two minutes, so a story is never cut off mid-result. Click Done Answering when you are done.
Set up the room the way HireVue suggests. A quiet spot, the strongest Wi-Fi you can get, light in front of you rather than behind. HireVue says not to worry about making eye contact with the camera.
Check the deadline and the attempts screen. Know when the link expires and how many attempts each question allows before you start the real interview — and contact the employer, not HireVue, if something goes wrong.
Rehearse out loud, with someone pushing back. The video interview will not follow up, but the live rounds after it will. Saying your stories out loud to an interviewer who asks "why" and "what exactly did you do" makes them hold up in both.

HireVue's practice questions and practising with Colloqa

HireVue's own practice questions are the best way to learn the format: same screen, same countdowns, as many as you want, and no one sees them. Use them first.

Colloqa is a different kind of practice: an AI interviewer that asks you questions out loud and follows up on what you say, then gives feedback. It does not copy HireVue's timers — use it to make the stories themselves good, and HireVue's practice to get used to the clock.

Your role, your job posting. Set up the interview for the position you applied for, or paste the job description, and the questions are built around it.
Follow-ups. The AI interviewer asks "why" and "give me an example" when an answer is vague — the pressure of the live rounds that come after a video interview.
Repetition. Run the same kind of interview until your stories are tight. The free plan is 1 full session a day, no card.
Feedback on how you answered. After each session: what worked, what fell apart and the one thing to drill next, plus a skill profile tracked across sessions. The detailed written feedback is part of the paid plan.
12 languages. Practise in your own language first, then in the language of the interview.

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HireVue interview: questions candidates ask

A video interview run on HireVue's software for the company you applied to. Most are On Demand: you record answers to the employer's questions on your own time, and the employer's team reviews them. Some are Live video interviews scheduled with an interviewer.
You open the link from your invitation, see how many questions there are and how long it takes, check your camera and microphone, take practice questions, then answer the real ones: a prep-time countdown, then a response-time countdown while you record. When you finish, your answers go to the employer.
HireVue's candidate help describes asking for access to your camera and microphone for an On Demand video interview; it does not describe recording your screen or tracking your tabs. We have no inside knowledge beyond that. Coding or game assessments are set up separately by the employer, so read your invitation for what each part requires.
The employer sets how many attempts you get for each question, and the interview shows that number before you start. After you submit an answer you cannot go back to it. Retaking the whole interview is only possible if the employer approves it and sends a new link.
In the classic On Demand format no one asks follow-ups — the questions are recorded in advance. The employer's people review the answers and make the decisions; where the employer uses HireVue's assessments, an algorithm also scores work-related competencies. HireVue also sells a separate AI Interviewer that holds a two-way conversation with follow-up questions; it says recruiters make the final call there too.
Start with HireVue's own practice questions in your invitation — unlimited and private. Then rehearse your five or six key stories out loud with an AI interviewer that asks follow-ups, for example in Colloqa, where one full session a day is free.
No. Every candidate for the same position gets the same questions, chosen by the employer, and HireVue blocks access to them before the interview. Prepare stories for the common kinds of questions instead.
The link expires. Only the employer can extend the deadline or send a new invitation — HireVue support cannot — so contact the company you applied to as soon as you can.
No. Colloqa is an independent interview-practice tool. We describe the HireVue interview from HireVue's public help pages so you can prepare; our AI interviewer is not HireVue's and our questions are not any employer's.