The product

Run the first round on video, not on your calendar.

Verefest is the screening layer that sits in front of your ATS. Structured video answers, shared reviews, and scores that come back cleaner than a scribbled “seems good.” Here's how each piece works.


Async interviews

One link. A whole first round without a single calendar negotiation.

Set three to five prompts, choose the role's scoring criteria, and send. Candidates record short answers whenever they can — across time zones, on any device — and the whole batch lands in one place for review.

  • Structured by default. Everyone answers the same prompts, so you're comparing like with like.
  • 60–90 second answers. Tight, role-specific questions that surface real signal, not rehearsed intros.
  • Review in batches. Watch ten candidates in the time one phone screen used to take.
  • No-shows disappear. There's no shared slot to miss, so your pipeline never stalls.
Async question set · SDR round 1
  • Q1Tell us about a target you were set and how you tracked toward it. (warm-up)
  • Q2You have 40 cold accounts and one afternoon. How do you prioritise?
  • Q3A prospect says “send me an email.” What do you actually do?
  • Q4What tells you a lead is worth a rep's time versus a polite no?
Criteria applied to every candidate: prioritisation · persistence · clarity · coachability.

Live session guide · loaded for the panel
Real dialogue, kept on rails.
  • Shared question guide visible to every interviewer
  • Score against the rubric without leaving the call
  • Session recorded, so a second reviewer can catch up later
  • Panel stays aligned instead of freelancing
Live interviews

For the shortlist round, real conversation — without the drift.

Some roles need a proper dialogue. Live structured video keeps that conversation on rails: a shared guide, scoring built into the screen, and a recording so nobody relies on half-remembered impressions.

Use live for nuanced roles and final rounds; use async to get there faster. Same criteria, same records, one workflow either way.


Scoring & collaboration

A shortlist you can defend — to your hiring manager, and to yourself.

Because interviews are recorded and criteria are set upfront, two reviewers can score the same answer independently and compare. You still decide. You just decide from evidence everyone can see.

Rubric set upfront

Write the scoring criteria before you meet anyone, so “good fit” never quietly becomes “reminds me of me.”

Independent reviews

Two reviewers rate the same answer without seeing each other's scores, then compare — no anchoring, no groupthink.

Notes tied to answers

Ratings and comments attach to what the candidate actually said, timestamped against the recording.

Roll-up scores

Individual ratings roll up into one clear score per candidate, so ranking the shortlist takes seconds.

Fairer & more defensible

Same questions, same rubric, recordings two people watched — instead of one person's memory of one call.

Sits in front of your ATS

Score in Verefest, keep everything of record in your ATS. We're building toward tight integrations so shortlists flow straight back into your pipeline.


From the team

Good questions turn async video from a filter into a signal.

Four rules for async questions

  • Ask three to five, no more — a wall of ten prompts kills thoughtful answers.
  • Make them role-specific and answerable in 60–90 seconds.
  • Lead with one low-stakes prompt so people warm up to the camera.
  • Say upfront how you'll evaluate — candidates answer better when they know what you're listening for.

What changes in practice

A small talent team hiring for a role that pulls 200+ applicants used to phone-screen maybe 25, one call at a time, over a week and a half.

Phone screens
1.5 weeks
Async video
2 days

Illustrative of a pattern we see, not a specific client. Faster and more defensible, from the same pipeline.

Curious how it fits your stack?

Send us the kind of role you screen most and we'll run a real one through Verefest with you — async for volume, live for the shortlist.