# Video interviewing: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "video interviewing platform" and as "asynchronous video interview tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/video-interviewing/2026-10

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/video-interviewing/index.md

**Standing:** Spark Hire leads with 50% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 48 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Spark Hire](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/spark-hire/index.md) | 50% | 18% | 57 |
| 2 | [Willo](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/willo/index.md) | 8% | 3% | 39 |
| 3 | [Hireflix](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hireflix/index.md) | 6% | 3% | 34 |
| 4 | [Hirevire](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hirevire/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 15 |
| 6 | [myInterview](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/myinterview/index.md) | 4% | 0% | 12 |
| 8 | [HireVue](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hirevue/index.md) | 4% | 60% | 48 |
| 9 | [VidCruiter](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/vidcruiter/index.md) | 2% | 18% | 45 |
| 14 | [Jobma](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/jobma/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 15 |
| 23 | [Zoom](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/zoom/index.md) | 0% | 38% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 66 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Spark Hire; alternatives HackerRank
- GPT-5.4 mini: Spark Hire; alternatives HireVue, VidCruiter
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Spark Hire; alternatives BrightHire, Metaview, VidCruiter, Willo
- Perplexity Sonar: Spark Hire; alternatives Rework, VidCruiter
- Grok 4.20: Spark Hire; alternatives Hireflix, VidCruiter, Willo
- Mistral Small: Spark Hire; alternatives Breezy HR, VidCruiter
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Spark Hire; alternatives Willo
- Llama 4 Maverick: Spark Hire; alternatives VidCruiter
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: HireVue; alternatives Modern Hire, Spark Hire, Talmatic, VidCruiter
- Kimi K2: Spark Hire, interviewstream; alternatives Hireflix, VidCruiter
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Spark Hire; alternatives Hireflix, Willo
- MiniMax M2.5: Spark Hire; alternatives VidCruiter, interviewstream
- GPT-6 Luna: Spark Hire; alternatives HireVue, VidCruiter
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Spark Hire; alternatives Breezy, VidCruiter

## Sources the answers cite

75 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- willo.video: 38 answers, 59 citations
- pin.com: 36 answers, 38 citations
- hirevire.com: 34 answers, 67 citations
- hiretruffle.com: 34 answers, 41 citations
- sparkhire.com: 33 answers, 44 citations
- resources.rework.com: 29 answers, 37 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 29 answers, 34 citations
- linkedin.com: 27 answers, 30 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://pin.com/blog/video-interview-platforms (32 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/best-video-interview-software (28 answers)
- https://resources.rework.com/tools/recruiting-ats/best-video-interview-software-2026 (26 answers)
- https://willo.video/blog/one-way-video-interview-platforms (26 answers)
- https://hiretruffle.com/blog/video-interviewing-solutions (24 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-video-interviewing-software (24 answers)
- https://sparkhire.com/video-interviews/best-software (24 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/video-interviewing-platforms (22 answers)
- https://firsthr.app/compare/hiring/interviewing-platform (21 answers)
- https://hackerearth.com/blog/best-video-interview-software (18 answers)

## Warned against

- HireVue: 29 of 48 labels negative. "The Case of HireVue: HireVue is one of the largest enterprise video hiring tools, but it has faced intense scrutiny.... the ACLU filed an EEOC complaint against Intuit and HireVue" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Spark Hire: 10 of 57 labels negative. "Platforms to Avoid on a Tight Budget | Spark Hire | ~$149-$299/month | Too expensive for limited budgets" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- VidCruiter: 8 of 45 labels negative. "enterprise-weighted; custom quoting and more complexity than a mid-sized team typically needs" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt)
- Zoom: 5 of 13 labels negative. "Standard meeting tools used as a full interviewing system such as Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, or Skype, if the company relies on them without consistent process... these tools lack recruitment-specific features" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Spark Hire at 49%.

- Spark Hire: 55% to 49%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 1 of 63, unchanged.
- myInterview: 10% to 5%, −5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 3 → 6 of 63.
- HireVue: 0% to 5%, +5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 39 → 7 of 63.
- Willo: 7% to 10%, +3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 4 → 2 of 63.
- Hirevire: 10% to 7%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 2 → 3 of 63.
- interviewstream: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 9 of 63.
- Hireflix: 5% to 5%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 6 → 5 of 63.
- VidCruiter: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 8 of 63, unchanged.
- Jobma: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 9 → 13 of 63.
- Zoom: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 12 → 18 of 63.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.