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Video interviewing

Asked as “video interviewing platform”, and as “asynchronous video interview tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 42 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
Spark Hire
Consensus
55% of first choices, consensus.
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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small businessHireflix38%ContestedStanding →Mid-marketSpark Hire55%ConsensusThis pageEnterpriseHireVue74%Clear leaderStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Spark Hire55%11%54endorsed leader
02Hirevire10%0%13accepted challenger
03myInterview10%19%16accepted challenger
04Willo7%5%40accepted challenger
05Hireflix5%6%35accepted challenger
06VidCruiter2%6%35accepted challenger
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09HireVue0%45%47criticized challenger
08interviewstream0%8%13accepted challenger
07Jobma0%0%15accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Head to head
Spark Hire vs HirevireSpark Hire vs myInterviewHirevire vs myInterview

One product takes 55% of first choices here, so the chart would put eight markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. One product carries a negative rate above 25% in this category. Jump to the standing

02What they warned about

Eight of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
HireVue
45%
21 of 47 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“**High – Be very cautious** | HireVue (and any AI facial analysis tool) | History of FTC complaint, BIPA settlement, opaque AI scoring, biased risk” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Spark Hire
11%
6 of 54 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Platforms with Notable Complaints... **Spark Hire** - Candidate reviews frequently cite... General candidate dissatisfaction described as "dehumanizing"” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Mercor
100%
4 of 4 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“**High – Avoid if possible** | AI-labor platforms (Mercor, Apriora) | Recent 4TB data breach, biometric data collection, banking info storage” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
myInterview
19%
3 of 16 labels negative · 3 of 12 models
“**Medium – Caution on experience** | myInterview | Poor mobile experience, technical glitches, perceived as impersonal” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

66 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 792 links across 210 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

hiretruffle.com
40 answers · 56 citations · 10 models
selectsoftwarereviews.com
vendor site · Select Software Reviews36 answers · 42 citations · 10 models
hirevire.com
vendor site · Hirevire31 answers · 38 citations · 10 models
willo.video
vendor site · Willo27 answers · 51 citations · 10 models
pin.com
vendor site · Pin22 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
noon.ai
vendor site · Noon22 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
resources.rework.com
vendor site · Rework21 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
interviewstream.com
vendor site · interviewstream21 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
learn.g2.com
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
peoplemanagingpeople.com
vendor site · People Managing People18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
gartner.com
vendor site · Gartner16 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
g2.com
14 answers · 23 citations · 9 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

hiretruffle.com/blog/video-interviewing-solutions
40 answers · 10 models
selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/best-video-interview-software
35 answers · 10 models
noon.ai/blog/articles/291-top-10-video-interviewing-software
22 answers · 9 models
pin.com/blog/video-interview-platforms
22 answers · 10 models
learn.g2.com/best-video-interviewing-software
20 answers · 9 models
interviewstream.com/resources/blog/the-best-video-interview-software
19 answers · 10 models
peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/video-interviewing-platforms
18 answers · 9 models
resources.rework.com/tools/recruiting-ats/best-video-interview-software-2026
18 answers · 7 models
gartner.com/reviews/market/video-interviewing-software
16 answers · 8 models
hirevire.com/blog/best-video-interviewing-platform
12 answers · 7 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ModelDirect“What is the best video interviewing platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which asynchronous video interview tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top video interviewing platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best video interviewing platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a video interviewing platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which video interviewing platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Spark Hire
Four alternativesHackerRank, Hireflix, Jobma, VidCruiter
Spark HireHeld
Two alternativesJobma, Willo
against: HireVueno first choiceHirevire
Two alternativesEasyHire.me, Hireflix
no first choiceagainst: HireVue
GPT-5.4 miniSpark Hire
One alternativeHireVue
Spark HireHeld
Three alternativesHireVue, VidCruiter, Willo
no first choiceSpark Hire, Willono first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashSpark Hire
Four alternativesBrightHire, Hireflix, VidCruiter, Willo
Spark HireHeld
Two alternativesHireflix, Willo
against: Harver, HireVueHireVue
Five alternativesHireflix, Jobma, Spark Hire, VidCruiter, Willo
EasyHire.me
Four alternatives1Way Interview, Hireflix, Hirevire, Willo
no first choice
Three alternativesJobma, Spark Hire, Willo
against: HireVue, VidCruiteragainst: Elevatus, HireVue, Kira Talent, Spark Hire, Willo, myInterview
Perplexity SonarSpark Hire
Three alternativesJobma, VidCruiter, Willo
against: HireVueSpark HireHeld
Two alternativesHireflix, Willo
against: HireVueHireflix, Jobma, VidCruiter
Three alternativesHireVue, Spark Hire, Willo
Hireflix
Two alternatives1Way Interview, EasyHire.me
against: Spark Hireno first choiceagainst: Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Zoom
Grok 4.1 FastSpark Hire
Three alternativesVidCruiter, Willo, interviewstream
against: HireVueSpark HireHeld
One alternativeWillo
against: HireVueno first choicemyInterview
Four alternativesGoogle Meet, Hireflix, Willo, Zoom
no first choiceagainst: Braintrust AIR, HireVue, Mercor, Micro1
Mistral SmallSpark Hire
Two alternativesPin, interviewstream
Spark Hire, myInterviewChangedno first choiceagainst: Google Meet, Skype, ZoomHirevire, Willo
Two alternativesSpark Hire, myInterview
no first choiceagainst: HireVue, Spark Hire, myInterview
DeepSeek V4 FlashSpark Hire
Two alternativesVidCruiter, interviewstream
against: HireVueWilloChanged
Two alternativesHireflix, Spark Hire
against: VidCruiterHireVue, VidCruiter
Four alternativesHireflix, Spark Hire, Willo, myInterview
1Way Interview, Hirevire
Three alternativesEasyHire.me, Google Meet, Hireflix
against: HireVue, Spark Hireno first choice
Four alternativesHireVue, Spark Hire, VidCruiter, Willo
against: Apriora, EasyHire.me, HireVue, Mercor, Ribbon, Spark Hire, VideoHire, interviewstream, myInterview
Llama 4 MaverickSpark HireSpark HireHeldno first choiceHireflix
Two alternativesHirevire, Willo
no first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashSpark Hire
Two alternativesHirevire, VidCruiter
Spark HireHeld
Two alternativesHireVue, Truffle
Spark Hire
Four alternativesHireVue, VidCruiter, Willo, Zoom
against: HarverEasyHire.me
Three alternativesHireflix, Hirevire, Willo
no first choiceagainst: HireVue / Harveragainst: HireVue, Mercor
Kimi K2Spark Hire
Two alternativesVidCruiter, interviewstream
against: HireVue, Hireflix, WilloSpark HireHeld
Two alternativesVidCruiter, Willo
against: HireVue, HireflixVidCruiter
Six alternativesHireVue, Hireflix, Jobma, Spark Hire, Willo, myInterview
myInterview
Four alternativesHireflix, Hirevire, ScreeningHive, Willo
no first choiceagainst: HireVue
GLM 4.7 FlashXSpark Hire
Two alternativesVidCruiter, Willo
against: HireVueHirevireChanged
Four alternativesHireVue, Spark Hire, VidCruiter, Willo
no first choiceEasyHire.me, myInterview
Three alternatives1Way Interview, Hireflix, Hirevire
no first choiceagainst: Apriora, HireVue, Mercor, Ribbon
MiniMax M2.5Spark Hire
Two alternativesVidCruiter, interviewstream
Spark Hire, VidCruiterChanged
Two alternativesHireVue, interviewstream
HireVue
Four alternativesHireflix, Spark Hire, VidCruiter, Willo
1Way Interview
Two alternativesEasyHire.me, Hirevire
no first choiceagainst: HireVue, Spark Hire
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 17:55yes97 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:11yes311 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:14yes1427 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:32yes196 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 19:07yes3019 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:25yes53 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 19:08yes2269 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:50yes52 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:33yes527 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:05yes946 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:06yes1012 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:55yes636 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:16yes129 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:07yes36 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:55yes1119 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:05yes204 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:37yes3417 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:01yes54 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:13yes1819 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 18:46yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:03yes533 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:14yes1021 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:06yes19116 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:05yes514 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:22yes99 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:29yes46 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 20:07yes1822 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:02yes1911 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:07yes2116 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:27yes58 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 18:57yes2742 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:57yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:05yes1854 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:44yes925 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:06yes941 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 21:11yes926 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:03yes99 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 17:58yes29 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:06yes2520 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:46yes205 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 17:57yes2516 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:58yes54 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 18:50yes1834 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:32yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:11yes918 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 19:29yes822 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:38yes821 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:18yes628 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:06no07 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:21no07 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:50yes1122 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:01yes2011 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 20:25no06 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 17:59no08 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:40yes2737 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 18:42yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:41yes527 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:45yes922 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:57yes2435 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:35no011 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:18yes2712 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:08no04 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:48yes2424 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:54yes2010 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 19:10yes4017 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:10yes98 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 18:50yes3054 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:36yes52 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:32yes1428 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:15yes1016 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:04yes23189 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:37yes1521 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings
Braintrust (usebraintrust.com or usebraintrust.ai) read as Braintrust AIR
EasyHire read as EasyHire.me
easyHire read as EasyHire.me
Unresolved, counted raw
Elevatus
Knockri
ScreeningHive
VideoHire
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

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