--- title: "Our New Favorite Hiring Tool: One-Way Interviews" description: Asynchronous interviewing, or one-way interviews, let candidates record and submit video answers to questions of your choice. image: https://myhrpartnerinc.com/hubfs/Close%20up%20low%20angle%20view%20of%20a%20man%20working%20from%20home%20on%20a%20laptop%20computer%20sitting%20at%20a%20desk%20surfing%20the%20internet.jpeg ---  myHR Partner named to *Inc.’s Best Workplaces 2025*! We're honored to be recognized for our people-first culture and commitment to workplace excellence. 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It’s the dream, right? Two words: *It’s complicated.* Relaxed remote work policies, high unemployment rates, and a variety of other factors account for the unmatched hiring interest many businesses are experiencing right now. But there’s a critical detail to remember: *High volume doesn’t necessarily translate to high quality. * In fact, in our experience, the opposite is often true: The greater the response to a job posting, the greater chance the majority of candidates are underqualified, or simply not a fit. This puts added pressure on the screening and qualifying process that follows. Already a critical step in the high-stakes game of hiring, screening takes on added importance in a crowded candidate pool. Which brings us to a timesaving tool we discovered last year. We initially used it out of necessity when COVID made in-person interviews impossible. Sold on its merits, we’ll continue using it in myHR Partner’s hiring process even after COVID restrictions lift – and are recommending it to clients on an ongoing basis, too: *One-way interviews.* Sometimes called *asynchronous interviewing*, one-way interviews let candidates use a computer camera or smartphone to record and submit video answers to questions of your choice. What’s in it for you, the prospective employer? You get to experience a candidates’ body language, voice, and sensibility before committing to a two-way interview (virtual or otherwise) that requires your active involvement and mutual availability. More reasons we like one-way interviews: - You can watch candidates’ recorded responses at your leisure. - Video submissions are short – usually capped around 15 minutes, depending on the program you’re using. It’s enough time to gain some sense of a person, but short compared to other screening alternatives. The [cost savings and time savings are real](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20201102-asynchronous-video-interviews-the-tools-you-need-to-succeed). - One-way interviews allow interviewees to record at a time that works for them – a considerate move right now, when many households are juggling remote schooling and other quarantine-induced realities that might impact availability, background, wi-fi bandwidth, and noise. - Now that video calls have been mainstreamed, candidates are more likely to feel comfortable on camera than they were just a year ago. - There’s no limit to the number of candidates you can screen *except* for the time you’re willing to spend watching submissions. Clients tell us they’re able to explore more candidates than usual with one-way interviewing because of the efficiency. We haven’t experienced resistance to one-way interviews yet, but it will happen eventually – bringing us to an important point: Always be prepared to offer traditional or alternative options to applicants whose religion forbids them from appearing on-camera, who don’t have access to a smartphone or computer camera, or who are just camera shy. You never want to lose a candidate or cause undue stress at this point in the process, and certainly don’t want to inadvertently discriminate. We all know the high cost of bad hires (especially bad full-time hires). Whether you handle hiring in-house or [outsource the recruitment process](https://myhrpartnerinc.com/benefits-of-outsourcing-hr-an-overview/), let us know if we can share more one-way interviewing tips and best practices. 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Interviewing is … 3 min read Oct 11, 2023 [![](https://myhrpartnerinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Hiring%20AI%20blog%20post.png?width=450&height=250&name=Hiring%20AI%20blog%20post.png) ](https://myhrpartnerinc.com/blog/when-the-interview-isnt-real) [Private foundation](https://myhrpartnerinc.com/blog/tag/private-foundation) [When the Interview Isn't Real: How AI is Changing Hiring](https://myhrpartnerinc.com/blog/when-the-interview-isnt-real) A member of our myHR Partner hiring team was doing a reference check on a candidate she was vetting for one of our clients, … 2 min read Mar 31, 2026 ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "myHR Partner Team", "url" : "https://myhrpartnerinc.com/blog/author/myhr-partner" }, "dateModified" : "2023-11-30T14:31:30.353Z", "datePublished" : "2021-03-18T15:27:25.000Z", "headline" : "Our New Favorite Hiring Tool: One-Way Interviews", "image" : [ "https://myhrpartnerinc.com/hubfs/Close%20up%20low%20angle%20view%20of%20a%20man%20working%20from%20home%20on%20a%20laptop%20computer%20sitting%20at%20a%20desk%20surfing%20the%20internet.jpeg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://myhrpartnerinc.com/blog/our-new-favorite-hiring-tool", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://myhrpartnerinc.com/hubfs/assets/logos/logo-full-color@2x.png" }, "name" : "myHR Partner, Inc." } } ```