Most interviews still happen on general meeting software. It shows a face and a shared window, and that is all. For a recruiter running dozens of technical and HR rounds a week, the gaps add up: no structure, no evidence, no protection against AI help, and nothing to hand a client at the end.
Dedicated video interview software closes those gaps. Here are the features that matter, in the order most hiring teams feel them.
1. Rounds that match your hiring process
A good platform models your real pipeline — online test, technical round, HR round, client round — with candidates moving between stages and a record of every round. If you are a consultancy, it should handle many clients and jobs at once.
2. Nothing for the candidate to install
Candidates should join from a link in a browser, on their own laptop, with a device check before the round. Every install step loses candidates.
3. Panels, not just one-to-one calls
Several interviewers in one room, a private panel chat the candidate can't see, and roles that let an interviewer see only their own panels.
4. Structured questions and scorecards
Question banks with expected answers and follow-ups, per-question ratings, and a scorecard with a clear recommendation. Structured interviews are fairer and far easier to compare.
5. A shared code pad and whiteboard
For technical hiring: a shared editor with syntax highlighting, the ability to run code in the room, and a whiteboard for system design. Typing analysis in the code pad shows whether code was written or pasted.
6. Whole-screen sharing
Single-window sharing hides everything else. Require the whole screen, and check how many displays are connected.
7. AI cheating detection
This is the feature that separates interview software built for 2026 from a meeting app. Candidates now use AI assistants that hide from screen share (how they work). Look for:
- Phone as a second camera that sees the desk and screen.
- Eye-movement signals that separate reading from thinking.
- Answer-timing signals — the delay before each answer.
- Pasted-text detection in answers and code.
- Device checks — virtual cameras, virtual machines, Bluetooth headsets.
Read our full guide to detecting AI cheating in online interviews.
8. Identity checks at every round
Face and ID capture before each round, and the first round's photo beside the live video in later ones — the core defence against proxy interviews and deepfake candidates.
9. Online assessments in the same place
Aptitude and technical MCQ tests, with questions drawn fresh for each candidate and options shuffled, so shortlisting and interviewing share one candidate record. See our online proctoring guide.
10. Reports a client will read
An integrity report and a scorecard summary that a consultancy can share with its client, and a short final-round check built from the candidate's own online answers.
11. Privacy by design
A plain consent screen, data stored in India, retention you control, and no use of candidates' data to train AI. Under India's DPDP Act, 2023 your company is responsible for candidate data, so your platform must make compliance easy.
12. Pricing that fits hiring volume
Hiring comes in waves. Per-round or credit-based pricing — where a no-show costs nothing — fits better than paying for seats every month.
AI interview software vs AI interviewers
"AI interview software" is used for two different things. Some products replace the interviewer with an AI that asks questions and scores the answers. Others, like Oximus Pro, keep people in charge and use AI to protect the interview: spotting outside help, writing follow-up questions and summarising evidence. For most consultancies and their clients, a human panel remains the expectation.
How Oximus Pro compares
Oximus Pro is built for HR consultancies and hiring teams: round pipelines, panels with private chat, structured scorecards, code pad with run, whiteboard, online assessments, phone as second camera, AI cheating signals, identity checks every round and a final-round verification check — priced per round. See pricing or book a demo.
Frequently asked questions
What is video interview software?
A platform built for running job interviews over video, with features meetings apps lack: structured questions, scorecards, panels, code pads, candidate management, cheating detection and reports.
Can I use Zoom or Google Meet for interviews?
You can, but you will be missing structure, evidence and protection against AI help. Meeting apps cannot see an assistant hidden from screen share, and they keep no record of how each answer was given.
What is the best online interview platform in India?
Look for browser-based joining, panels, code pad and whiteboard, AI cheating detection, identity checks at each round, data stored in India and per-round pricing.
Is AI interview software legal?
Yes, when candidates are told what is collected and why, data is protected, and people make the hiring decision. Avoid tools that reject candidates automatically on AI scores.
