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AI interviews: how to keep them fair, structured and human

AI interviews can give every candidate a fair first conversation at any hour. Done badly, they feel cold. Here is how to get them right.

By SmarterATS · 13 October 2026 · 4 min read

The first interview is the hardest step to scale. Calendars fill up, candidates wait, and every recruiter asks slightly different questions. AI interviews solve the scale problem, but only if you design them with the candidate in mind.

Use the same questions for everyone

Structure is what makes interviews fair. Decide the questions and what a strong answer contains before the first candidate starts. Boo asks every candidate the same questions and scores the answers against the same guide.

Let candidates answer in their strongest language

If you hire across Europe, many candidates are interviewing in their second or third language. That can hide real ability. Boo can hold the interview in almost any language and gives you the write-up in yours.

Be open about it

Tell candidates up front that the first conversation is with an AI interviewer, what it will ask about, and that a person reviews every result. Clarity builds trust.

Keep the decision with people

  • Boo gives a structured, explained summary of every interview
  • Your team reviews the summaries and decides who moves on
  • Second interviews stay human

Make it easy to take part

Candidates can do the interview when it suits them, from wherever they are. For shift workers, parents and people with a job already, that flexibility matters.

Done well, an AI interview is not a barrier. It is the fastest, fairest way to make sure good people get heard.

Let Boo do the busywork.

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