{"id":78994,"title":"Alex (fka Apriora) - Your AI interviewer to identify the best candidates faster","tagline":"Reduce recruiting overhead, interview more candidates, and make better hiring decisions.","body":"### TLDR\n\n[**Alex**](https://www.alex.com/) **interviews job candidates in real time.** Companies using Alex reduce recruiting overhead, interview more candidates, and make better hiring decisions. For candidates, we provide an equitable, interactive interviewing experience.\n\n### 📸 Intro\n\nHey all! We’re [Aaron Wang](https://linkedin.com/in/aaronjwang) and [John Rytel](https://linkedin.com/in/johnrytel) from Alex (fka Apriora).\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=78994\u0026key=user_uploads/1130140/794bc140-1ba0-4b71-bdaa-8b29d09722bf)\n\n### **❌** The problem\n\n**Interview processes are slow and expensive.** Companies spend over $5,000 per hire, most of which is time spent by internal recruiting teams and hiring managers interviewing candidates, and the average length for an interview process is \\~30 days.\n\nExisting video interviewing platforms were built to solve this for companies, but their one-way interfaces and cookie-cutter questions create a disappointing candidate experience, resulting in low completion rates and a limited hiring signal.\n\nHow can we offer companies the efficiency of interview automation while providing candidates with a personalized, conversational interview experience?\n\n### 🚀 The solution\n\n**Our AI interviewer conducts real-time video interviews with candidates**, including technical screens, phone screens, system design, coding, behavioral, and more.\n\nUnlike interviewing your candidates manually or with an automated assessment, Alex is:\n\n* **Convenient**: Your AI interviewer is ready to interview candidates 24/7 with unlimited capacity.\n* **Candidate First**: Over 90% of scheduled candidates complete their interviews with an average candidate experience rating of 4.5/5.\n* **Reliable**: Data-driven feedback after each interview is customized to your hiring goals so you can feel confident that you’re moving forward with the right candidates.\n* **Robust**: Alex’s fairness system flags cheating based on multi-modal data, so you can trust your interviewer’s feedback.\n* **Accessible**: One-click integration with your ATS so you don’t need to change your workflow.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=78994\u0026key=user_uploads/1130140/ef44f880-fb72-4e1d-a641-eb413571aaa5)\n\n_Check out a full interview at apriora.ai/demo_\n\n### 🙏 Ask: How you can help\n\n1. **Who do you know in recruiting or talent acquisition?** We want to learn more about their work and help them! Reach out to [founders@apriora.ai](mailto:founders@apriora.ai).\n2. **Who do you know that’s hiring and could benefit from AI interviewing?** Reach out to [founders@apriora.ai](mailto:founders@apriora.ai).\n\nThe blurb: “My friends are working on a YC company building AI interviewers that conduct real-time video interviews. I think this could be relevant to you, so feel free to check them out and contact [founders@apriora.ai](mailto:founders@apriora.ai) for more.”\n\n### **🤝** The Deal\n\n**Sign up before Demo Day** to get started with our YC Deal. Reach out to [founders@apriora.ai](mailto:founders@apriora.ai) to set up your custom interviewer.\n\n❤️ _Thank you for taking the time to read through this. We’d love to hear your thoughts about what we’re building. Find some time [here](https://calendly.com/apriora/aaron) or shoot us an email._","slug":"KY6-alex-fka-apriora-your-ai-interviewer-to-identify-the-best-candidates-faster","created_at":"2024-03-04T02:36:40.405Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T02:12:14.939Z","total_vote_count":545,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/KY6-alex-fka-apriora-your-ai-interviewer-to-identify-the-best-candidates-faster","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=78994\u0026key=user_uploads/1130140/794bc140-1ba0-4b71-bdaa-8b29d09722bf","company":{"id":29263,"name":"Alex","slug":"alex-com","url":"https://alex.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/ea398f420376203b7d9380b70500e67185b63403.png","batch":"Winter 2024","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","SaaS","B2B","Recruiting","HR Tech"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/29263"}}