How to handle an HireVue interview with an investment bank

Sarah Buchter:

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If you’re interviewing for a graduate position with an investment bank for 2017 and you haven’t heard of HireVue, wake up. HireVue is the new, new thing. Goldman Sachs is using it this year. So is J.P. Morgan. So, undoubtedly are many others.

At its most fundamental, HireVue is a digital interviewing system. The bank or finance firm in question asks you to film yourself answering some prerecorded interview questions using HireVue’s portal. So far, so normal. Except….HireVue is more than that. The HireVue system also incorporates something known as “predictive analytics.” This allows it to analyze your responses in almost frightening detail.