The Structured Interview Showdown: AI Tools Reshaping How We Hire

Unstructured interviews predict job performance at roughly the same rate as a coin flip — and the 2026 regulatory environment is turning that research into real legal exposure. The EU AI Act now classifies AI-assisted recruitment tools as high-risk, which means the scoring methods you use in hiring must be transparent, auditable, and bias-tested. In this episode, we break down four of the leading structured interview platforms — Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, and OVI — looking at what each does well, where each falls short, and which type of team each one is actually built for. From Ashby's deep scorecard customisation loved by Series A to C tech teams, to Greenhouse's compliance-grade audit trails built for enterprise, to Lever's collaborative candidate-first model, and finally to OVI's Milo agent — which doesn't just assist with structured interviews but conducts them autonomously using a fully configurable rubric — we cover how AI is changing where human judgement enters the hiring funnel. The industry is moving toward AI-conducted screening at the top of the funnel. This episode helps you understand which side of that shift your current tooling sits on — and whether it's time to rethink your approach.