How Assay turns a job ad into a defensible assessment
Assay is an AI interview platform that generates structured interview questions from job descriptions, scores candidate answers in real-time, and produces white-labeled reports for your clients. Three steps. No technical expertise required from your recruiters.
How does Assay generate interview questions from a job ad?
Assay analyzes the job description and generates domain-specific, seniority-calibrated questions in under 30 seconds.
Step 1: Paste or fetch the job ad
Copy the full job description into Assay, or provide a URL and Assay extracts the text automatically. The AI identifies the domain (IT, marketing, finance, HR, legal), seniority level (junior through expert), required skills, and role-specific competencies. A job ad for a "Senior Python Backend Developer" triggers different questions than one for a "Marketing Manager" — even if both are labeled "senior."
Step 2: AI generates calibrated questions
Assay produces 6-15 interview questions organized by difficulty tier: accessible, intermediate, and advanced. Each question comes with expected answer benchmarks and key signals to listen for — so even a non-technical recruiter knows what a strong answer sounds like. The question generation is powered by Claude (Anthropic), calibrated against real interview patterns across technical and specialist roles.
Step 3: Choose screening or full interview
Screening mode selects 2 questions for a quick 10-minute pass/fail evaluation — ideal for high-volume candidate triage. Full interview mode uses 6-10 questions for a 45-minute deep assessment with per-question ratings and a comprehensive report. Both modes use the same AI-generated question pool, just different depth.
How does Assay's AI score candidate answers?
Assay transcribes the interview in real-time and evaluates each answer against role-specific benchmarks.
Real-time transcription
Assay uses Deepgram Nova-2 for real-time speech-to-text with speaker diarization. It runs alongside Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, or in person — capturing what both the interviewer and candidate say. The transcript is available immediately, no post-processing required.
Per-question evaluation
After each answer, Assay evaluates the transcript against the expected benchmarks for that question. The AI identifies key signals covered, signals missed, and rates the answer on a 1-5 scale with a written explanation. This happens in seconds — before the recruiter moves to the next question.
Coaching whispers
During the interview, Assay provides real-time coaching suggestions to the recruiter: follow-up questions to probe deeper, missed topics worth exploring, and positive signals to acknowledge. The candidate never sees these — they appear only on the recruiter's screen.
Human override
Every AI rating can be overridden by the interviewer. If the recruiter disagrees with a score, they adjust it with a reason. Both the original AI rating and the human override are logged in the audit trail — creating a transparent, EU AI Act compliant record.
What types of interviews can Assay create?
Assay supports six domains and five languages with both screening and full interview modes.
Domains
- IT: Backend, frontend, DevOps, data engineering, system design, cloud architecture
- Marketing: Digital marketing, content strategy, SEO, campaign management
- Finance: Financial analysis, accounting, compliance, risk management
- HR: People management, talent acquisition, organizational development
- Legal: Corporate law, compliance, contract management
- General: Leadership, problem-solving, project management
Configuration
- Seniority levels: Junior, medior, senior, expert
- Languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Polish
- Interview types: Screening (2 questions, 10 min) or full (6-10 questions, 45 min)
- Difficulty tiers: Accessible, intermediate, advanced — automatically balanced
- Adaptive questioning: AI selects the next question based on how the candidate performed on previous answers
How do recruiters use Assay during a live interview?
Assay runs alongside the recruiter's existing video call tool — Zoom, Teams, Meet, or in person.
Open Assay alongside your call. The recruiter sees the current question, expected signals, and a live transcript on their screen. The candidate sees nothing from Assay.
Ask the question, let them answer. Assay transcribes in real-time and provides coaching whispers (follow-up prompts, missed signals) visible only to the recruiter.
Move to the next question. Assay evaluates the answer immediately and selects the next question adaptively — harder if the candidate is performing well, easier if they're struggling.
End the interview, get the report. Assay generates a final assessment with an overall recommendation, per-question breakdown, and a white-labeled PDF report ready to send to your client.
Built and used atInuits Krakow"We built Assay because we were embarrassed by our own interview process. Our recruiters are great at finding people. But when a client asked us to justify a technical recommendation, we had nothing structured to show them."
Jeroen Fossaert, Founder, Inuits Krakow
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