Controlled AI Interviews
noun.
Run every interview with the same questions, scoring and zero drift.
e.g. Same role. Same questions. Every candidate.
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Same role. Three different interviews.
Unstructured interviews wander.
Ask every candidate the exact same questions.
Set the exact questions every candidate gets these
You set the exact questions.
Same role. Same questions. Every candidate.
Nura
AI Interview Agent · Xobin
Live transcript
Candidate: Daniel BrooksOur AI agent asks your questions. Nothing else.
Why structured interviews work
Our interviews don’t rely on prompts. They rely on research. Every interview, assessment and recommendation is built on years of psychometric research and validated hiring science.
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Research-backed
Built on academic rigor and real-world validation.
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Psychometrically validated
Designed using proven psychological principles and methodologies.
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Predictive of job performance
Outcomes that correlate with on-the-job success.
For more information, visit xobin.com/research
What actually happens
A fixed question set every candidate answers.
- 1
You write the interview
Set the exact questions, order, time limits and rubric weights the AI asks those and nothing else.
Controlled Interview / Question set Staff AccountantLock setQ1Walk through your month-end close
3 min · weight 25%
Q2Describe a reconciliation you fixed
3 min · weight 25%
Q3How do you handle a late accrual?
2 min · weight 20%
Q4ERP systems you have owned
2 min · weight 15%
Q5A control you strengthened
2 min · weight 15%
- 2
Nura runs the same interview every time
Candidates get a natural spoken interview with no improvised follow-ups, so nobody gets an easier or harder version.
Controlled Interview / Live Hannah PikeNura
Question 2 of 5. Describe a reconciliation you fixed and what caused the variance.
HPHannah Pike
Intercompany balances were off $18K from a duplicated journal entry.
Nura
Noted. Question 3 of 5, you have two minutes.
HPHannah Pike
For a late accrual, I book an estimate and true it up in the next period.
Timing, order and prompts identical for all 42 candidates
- 3
Compare a whole cohort at once
Answers are scored per question against your rubric, so you can rank candidates on the same criterion instead of on interviewer memory.
Reports / Controlled Interview Staff AccountantRank by rubricCandidateCloseControlsTotalHannah Pike888486Devin Cross827981Omar Haddad768880Bianca Ortiz717070Kevin Doyle586260
What you get out of it
Every candidate gets the same interview, exactly.
- 100%structured
Your questions, your order, your rubric the AI never improvises off-script.
- 24/7availability
Candidates interview when they're free; panels read scored transcripts later.
- Defensiblescoring
Identical questions and criteria make comparisons easy to justify to a hiring manager.
Seamless integrations.Enterprise-grade security.
Xobin fits right into your ecosystem and protects what matters most: your data, your candidates, and your trust.
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Workable
SmartRecruiters
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Lever
Ashby
Slack
Google Meet
Google Calendar
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“Xobin covers almost every technology and role we need for internal evaluations. The platform's security features ensure reliable, cheat-proof assessments, giving us confidence in the results.”
Before you ask.
Here the question set is fixed. Every candidate gets the same questions in the same order, which is what makes the comparison across candidates defensible.
No. Follow-ups are limited to clarification within the question you wrote, and the transcript shows exactly what was asked.
Against your rubric per question, with the evidence quoted from the transcript. A human can override any score.
Yes for the major platforms Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, SmartRecruiters, iCIMS, Ashby and others through native sync or API. Anything custom is handled with a webhook or scheduled sync.
Data stays inside your account and is never used to train models outside it. Xobin is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, with GDPR-aligned data processing and configurable retention.
Most teams are live in two days. The variable is usually your existing tooling and approvals, not the product itself.
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