What's great
I appreciate Textio's Lavalier as an interviewer because the hiring process feels so much more clear as I'm using it.
The candidate's info is right in front of me
I know exactly what I'm supposed to cover
I can focus on the candidate and worry less about taking perfect notes
Bookmarking moments for later is easy - and I can tie my feedback directly back to the candidate's words
This is super different from my past experiences of manual notes, scrambling for PDF resumes and prebriefs, and making sure I'm including quotes from the candidate real-time in my notes (which takes away from my ability to actually interview!)
What needs improvement
Right now it does a good job of covering the full candidate evaluation pipeline, but I'd like to see it cover more of what my ATS does.
For example:
Can it help me with the beginning of the funnel to narrow down applicants to people we actually want to interview?
Can it detect "fake" candidates and/or cheaters for me?
I'd love to see these features in the future
vs Alternatives
Lavalier had real-time interview capabilities that guided me through the live experience, and great integration from that live experience through to writing great feedback after the interview was done. I didn't find a competitor that could do that.