Interviews and video
HireVue-style video interview practice
Prep time, answer limit and re-record settings you can change, like the real thing.
Example question
Tell me about a time you disagreed with someone in a team about how to do a piece of work. What did you do?
- Think time
- 30 seconds
- Answer time
- 2 minutes
- Re-records
- None by default
Record your answers to set questions, with a short think time and a time limit. Every setting can be changed to match your invitation.
Practise this format
Need extra time or a different format? Every timed practice has 1.25x and 1.5x options. See reasonable adjustments.
Your video is recorded and kept on your own device. Kvanta never receives it. If you ask for written feedback, only the audio is uploaded to our server. It waits in the server's memory for its turn, which is usually a few minutes, and is deleted as soon as it has been turned into text. The text of your answer is then scored by Cloudflare, a provider headquartered in the US that may process it outside the UK, and you are asked to agree before your first review. The transcript and feedback are deleted from our server 30 days after you ask, or sooner if you delete them, but we cannot delete a copy held by Cloudflare. Our database backups can hold a copy for up to 31 days more. Eye and head tracking runs on your device, and its results stay on your device.
About this test
On-demand video interviews on this platform let employers set the preparation time, the answer length and whether you can retry. Our default preset is 30 seconds of preparation and a two-minute answer with no re-record, and every setting is adjustable so you can rehearse the exact limits in your own invitation.
The publisher's 2025 explainability statement says its AI scores the transcript only, against a five-level behaviourally anchored scale. We copy that method for structure feedback. We do not copy any scoring of face, body or tone, because it says it does not use them. Goldman Sachs names this publisher for its first-round video interview, but the exact settings are only candidate-reported.
What we know about this format
Each point carries a badge showing where it comes from. Where only candidates have reported something, the badge says so.
What do the confidence badges mean?
- Vendor-published Stated in the test publisher's own document or practice site.
- Academic From peer-reviewed research.
- Official employer Stated on the employer's own page.
- Near-official Near-official: an employer-run practice portal, or a vendor or employer-quoted press release naming the employer.
- Candidate-reported Reported by candidates. Treat as likely but unconfirmed.
- Third-party From prep sites, press or forums. Not confirmed by the employer or publisher.
- Vendor-published
Employers set prep time from 0 to 5 minutes or unlimited, retries on or off, and a rating guide on a five-level scale. The publisher recommends no prep restriction, with a minimum of one minute.
Source · 2025 explainability statement.
- Vendor-published
The AI scores the transcript only, not face, body, background or tone of voice. There are 19 competencies, each with a five-level scale from novice to expert.
Source · Trained on ratings from about 60 expert raters, with 2 to 3 raters per answer.
- Vendor-published
Facial analysis was removed from new assessments in early 2020, announced in January 2021.
- Vendor-published
Candidates who opt out of AI are rated by humans on the same scale.
- Vendor-published
Older settings (2016 guide): prep from 1 to 59 seconds or unlimited, answers of 1 to 10 minutes, with a suggested 30 seconds to read and 3 minutes to answer.
Source · Superseded guide, shown for range.
- Official employer
Goldman Sachs' own page calls its first-round video a HireVue interview of approximately 30 minutes. Preparation time and answer length are not stated by the firm.
Source · Candidates report about 30 seconds to prepare and 2 minutes per answer (C).
HireVue-style on-demand video interview
- Vendor-published
The employer chooses the think time per question, from 0 seconds to 5 minutes or unlimited
Source · The vendor's 2025 AI explainability statement lists this as a main configuration decision.
- Vendor-published
The employer chooses whether candidates can retry a question
Source · A yes or no setting. Many employers allow none.
- Vendor-published
An example assessment has 4 to 6 video interview questions answered asynchronously
Source · We use 5.
- Vendor-published
Older guidance: think time 1 to 59 seconds, answer time 1 to 10 minutes; suggested 30 seconds to read and 3 minutes to answer
Source · A 2016 university guide to the same platform.
- Vendor-published
Answers are scored from the transcript only, on a 5-level behaviourally anchored scale per competency; no face, body, background or tone of voice
Source · Kvanta's AI feedback copies this method. It is not the vendor's scoring.
- Third-party
Defaults of 30 seconds think and 2 minutes to answer, with no re-records
Kvanta default. Employers set their own, so adjust it to match your invitation.
Questions people ask
What can the employer change?
Prep time, answer length, whether you can retry and how recruiters see results. Our practice lets you change prep time, answer length and retries to match your invitation.
Does the AI judge my face or voice tone?
The publisher's 2025 statement says it scores the transcript only, and facial analysis was removed from new assessments. We do not score face or tone either.
What is a behaviourally anchored scale?
Each competency has five written level descriptions from novice to expert, so a rating points to specific behaviours. We use the same idea with our own descriptors, drawn from firms' published frameworks.
How do I structure an answer?
STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) is common, and the Bank of England asks for STARR with a reflection. Aim to spend most of the answer on what you did. The feedback shows your share of time on each part.
Can I re-record?
Only if the employer allows it. The Bank of England says no re-records. Our default preset has no re-records and you can switch it on to practise.
What happens to my recording?
Your video stays on your device and Kvanta never receives it. Audio is only uploaded if you ask for written feedback: see the privacy note on this page for what happens to it.
Is this the real thing?
No. It is independent practice that follows the publisher's public statement. Our feedback does not predict any employer's rating.
Where this appears in firm processes
- Goldman Sachs Official employer
See all firm pages. Check your own invitation, because processes change each cycle.
Independent practice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by HireVue.
Practice builds familiarity. Better structure and clearer delivery come with practice, but no employer shares its scoring, and our feedback is not a prediction of one.
Use Kvanta to practise and learn. In a live assessment, do not use AI tools, notes or another person unless the employer says you may. Read our approach to integrity.