myInterview asks.
Taskflow Recruit interviews.
myInterview pioneered SMB-friendly async video screening. Candidates record video answers to pre-set questions on their own time. We respect the SMB-accessibility work, and we made a different bet: a real conversation in 5 minutes beats a recorded monologue in 20.
- Day 0Candidate gets link
- Day 1Candidate records videos (~25 min)
- Day 2–3Recruiter watches videos (~15 min each)
- Day 3+Decision
Async = days for one screening loop.
- 0:00Candidate calls in
- 5:00Call complete
- 5:30Transcript + score in ATS
- 6:00Hiring manager has the scorecard
Live = the whole loop in 6 minutes.
Async respects candidate's time. Live respects everyone's.
Candidates appreciate the flexibility of recording on their own schedule. SMB recruiters appreciate the asynchronous workflow. Pre-set questions make recruiter review easier.
Pre-set questions are 50% of the signal. The other 50% is in follow-ups — 'tell me more,' 'what did you learn from that,' 'what would you do differently.' Async can't do follow-ups. And the candidate's clock isn't 25 minutes of recording — it's 25 minutes plus the cognitive overhead of preparing answers for an empty webcam.
The detailed comparison.
Comparison reflects publicly available product information and customer-reported figures as of 2026. Sourced from vendor websites, customer reviews, and analyst commentary.
myInterview built genuinely SMB-friendly tooling. Worth acknowledging.
- SMB-accessibility.
myInterview built SMB-friendly tooling at a time when most enterprise vendors ignored that market. Their pricing, onboarding, and self-serve approach were category-defining for small business hiring.
- Branded video format.
Candidates record video, which can be reused for employer branding, candidate experience documentation, or panel review. If you want to keep video assets, we don't.
- Geographic flexibility.
Async works well across time zones with zero scheduling. Our model is more time-zone-aware but candidates do have to call in.
- Friendly UX for first-time SMB hires.
The interface is approachable for SMB hiring managers who've never used an AI tool.
When to pick myInterview instead of us: If you're a small business (under 50 employees), hiring infrequently (<10 roles/year), need video-format records for downstream use, and don't have the volume to justify per-call screening, myInterview's SMB-friendly economics may be a better fit.
And here's where we're better.
- Follow-up questions are 50% of the signal.
myInterview can't ask 'tell me more about that.' We can.
- Faster everything.
Candidate's time: 5 min vs. 25 min. Recruiter's time: 1 min vs. 15 min. Time-to-finalist: 24 hours vs. 5 days.
- Live = lower drop-off.
Candidates who get a phone link they can call back complete at a much higher rate than candidates who get a 'record videos on your own time' link (recording friction is real).
- Native multilingual at scale.
Voice in 50+ languages vs. text-based language support.
- Compliance depth.
NYC LL 144, HIPAA-ready, audit-defensible end-to-end — meaningful if you hire in regulated industries.
Two very different five minutes.
You get a link. You set up your webcam. You hit record. You read a prompt. You record an answer. You watch yourself back. You re-record. You repeat 5–8 times. By the end of 25 minutes you've recorded yourself talking to a webcam through hours of cumulative self-consciousness. You hit submit. You wait.
You call when it's convenient. You talk to Alia for 5 minutes. She follows up when you say something interesting. You hang up. You know how it went.
Questions buyers ask during evaluation.
Async is more flexible for candidates, right?
In theory. In practice, recording videos of yourself answering questions to a webcam has its own cognitive load — most candidates report it's actually MORE stressful than a live call. We give candidates the same time flexibility (call when you want, 24/7) without the recording friction.
Doesn't async let candidates put their best self forward?
That's the pitch. It's also the bug — for most roles, you want to see how candidates think on their feet, not how they perform after 4 retakes. Async optimizes for polished answers; we optimize for real signal.
We're an SMB. Are you really for us?
We can serve SMBs, but our economics are tuned for volume hiring (multi-location, high-turnover, or 50+ hires/year). If you hire <10 roles/year, myInterview's SMB economics may be better.
What about employer branding via video?
We don't do video. If candidate video is important for downstream use (panel review, employer branding library), we're not the right fit.
Time-to-finalist — what's the real difference?
With async, you wait for the candidate to complete their recordings (1–3 days median), then recruiter review (1–2 days). With us, the loop closes in 5–10 minutes from call start to ATS-ranked scorecard.
Here's how to evaluate switching.
- STEP 01Pick 3–5 speed-sensitive roles
Frontline, customer support, hospitality — the roles where time-to-hire matters most.
- STEP 02Run a 60-day parallel pilot
Keep myInterview in place; layer in Taskflow Recruit alongside.
- STEP 03Compare side-by-side
Time-to-finalist, candidate completion rate, hiring-manager NPS.
- STEP 04Make the call
For volume + speed roles, the math usually flips fast. For SMB low-volume roles, myInterview may remain the right fit.
Real conversation. Real fast.
Hear the difference yourself.