What is the Interview Guide System?

Interviewing is one of the highest-stakes moments in your hiring process, but most teams go in without a consistent structure. Different interviewers ask different questions, score candidates differently, and capture notes in their own way. The result is gut-feel decisions and missed talent.

The Compono Interview Guide System solves this. You create standardised interview guides with scored questions, assign them to interviews, and let each panel member score candidates independently. When the panel is done, you get a clear, aggregated view of how the candidate performed across the whole team.

Watch the Interview Guide video demo here.

• Why use the Interview Guide System?
• How do I find the Interview Guide System?
• More help articles on Interview Guides

Why use the Interview Guide System?

• Consistency across every interview. Every interviewer works from the same questions and scoring criteria, so you are comparing candidates on equal footing.

• AI-assisted guide creation. Generate a full set of tailored interview questions in seconds using a position description, or build your guide from scratch.

• Structured 1-5 scoring. Scoring guides tell interviewers exactly what a great or poor answer looks like for each question, reducing bias and subjectivity in your hiring decisions.

• Candidate-specific insights. When a candidate has completed organisational fit assessments, the system surfaces targeted questions based on their results to help you explore the areas that matter most.

• AI transcript analysis. Upload an interview transcript and get an AI-generated summary and scorecard, saving your team time on post-interview write-ups.

• A shared question library. Save your best questions to a shared Question Bank so your whole team can reuse and build on them over time.

How to use the Interview Guide System?

The Interview Guide System follows a simple end-to-end flow, from creating a guide through to reviewing panel results.

1. Create an interview guide using the AI wizard or manually

2. Build the guide content: questions, scoring guides, competencies, and a preparation checklist

3. Collaborate by inviting hiring managers to contribute and review questions

4. Publish the guide so it is ready for use in interviews

5. Assign the guide to a scheduled interview

6. Conduct the interview using the guide's structure

7. Score candidates with the structured scorecard

8. Analyse results, including optional AI scoring from a transcript upload

9. Review aggregated scores from all panel members

How do I find the Interview Guide System?

The Interview Guide System is accessed from the main sidebar navigation:

• Settings > Interview Guides: Create, edit, publish, and manage all interview guides

• Settings > Question Bank: Manage your shared library of reusable interview questions

• Hire > Interviews: View and manage all scheduled interviews, assign guides, and complete scorecards

More help articles on Interview Guides

• Create an Interview Guide
• The Interview Guide Editor
• Managing your guides
• Interview Guide Question Bank
• Assigning a guide to an interview
• Scoring candidates
• Transcript upload and AI analysis