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Choose a One-Way Interview when you need to screen a large pool with the same fixed questions, and a Conversational Interview when you want a live, adaptive voice interview that digs deeper with follow-ups.

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The Two Interview Types

Equip offers two families of AI Interviews, both attached to a job opening and both graded by AI. A One-Way Interview presents a fixed set of questions. It is built from reusable templates, so you can run the same interview across multiple openings. A Conversational Interview is a live, spoken interview with the Equip AI Interviewer, which asks follow-up questions based on what it hears.
AI Interviews dashboard header with the Add AI Interview button and its menu open, listing Conversational Interview and One-Way Interview

Add AI Interview offers a Conversational Interview or a One-Way Interview

Conversational interviews come in two formats: Quick runs about 15 minutes with 3 to 5 topics, while Comprehensive runs about 30 minutes with 5 to 10 topics.

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When to Use Each

Use a one-way interview for high-volume screening, typically when you have 30 or more candidates. Candidates can complete it whenever it suits them. Use a conversational interview for deeper evaluation. The AI asks up to 5 follow-ups per topic. It can also present Scenarios, reference material shown in a side panel for the candidate to respond to; Scenarios are rolling out gradually and may not be available to every team yet.
Conversational interviews can be conducted in 15 languages. See Interview Languages for the list.

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Credit Costs

AI Interviews use Equip’s credits (1 credit = $1), included in your subscription plan’s monthly allowance.
If a candidate never starts the interview, you can reclaim the credits. See Reclaim Unused Credits.

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What Candidates Experience

Both interview types start with the same three-step pre-interview wizard: candidates review the format, test their camera and microphone, then start the interview. In a one-way interview, candidates work through the question list at their own pace within one session. You set the retakes for audio and video questions, up to 5, and the word limits for text questions. In a conversational interview, candidates join a live video call with the Equip AI Interviewer, a self-view, and a real-time transcript.
Once a candidate submits a conversational interview, it cannot be resumed or retaken from the same invitation. You can optionally allow candidates to restart an unfinished attempt, in which case only the submitted attempt is graded.
The same proctoring options available for assessments apply to AI interviews, except Detect Audio and Show Webcam Preview for conversational interviews, which do not apply. Candidates see the active measures and consent before starting.