Introducing the Category Compass

Navigating AI Interviewers

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Applicant volume didn’t just increase. It broke the assumptions hiring teams were built on.

AI interviewers emerged to solve a very real problem: humans cannot screen, interview, and evaluate everyone anymore. These tools are designed to expand coverage, introduce structure earlier, and ensure fewer candidates are missed simply because capacity ran out.

But while adoption is accelerating, the category itself remains uneven. Definitions vary. Capabilities blur together. And most evaluations still rely on demos instead of shared criteria.

This Category Compass benchmarks current AI interviewer capabilities across 12 providers to help the market understand what’s actually standard, what’s differentiated, and what level of readiness is required to deploy these tools responsibly.