A job interview concentrates some of the most sensitive information a company ever handles: competencies, motivations, salary expectations, personal background. Multiple interviewers walk away with different impressions, and post-interview notes are often incomplete or unconsciously biased.
Structured, objective documentation
With the candidate's explicit consent - mandatory under UK GDPR and US EEO compliance frameworks - Listen transcribes the interview. Speaker diarisation separates interviewer and candidate. The AI summary extracts: experience cited, skills demonstrated, questions asked and answers given. This factual record reduces selective-memory bias and supports consistent evaluation under the Equality Act 2010 (UK) and Title VII (US). For the onboarding that follows a successful hire, see our article on employee integration.
GDPR and EEO compliance
Recording a job interview carries data-protection obligations. In the UK, explicit consent under UK GDPR is required; data must be deleted once a hiring decision is made, and candidates retain subject-access rights. In the US, state-level recording consent laws (one-party vs two-party consent) apply. Listen stores recordings in your personal iCloud - no automatic third-party sharing.
Mention the recording in the interview invitation and confirm consent in writing. Delete the recording as soon as the hiring decision is made, in line with your data-retention policy.
Discover the Listen guide for recruitment teams.