Recruiting · Production

HireVue's Human Potential Intelligence cuts 100 days from DoD time-to-hire

The problem

DoD hiring teams faced manual, slow processes that kept positions open too long and lost top candidates to the private sector, alongside difficulty coordinating schedules and inconsistent skill-based evaluation across evaluators.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Mass hiring event trigger
trigger
“a summer hiring event was already planned, forcing organisers to think through another solution to ensure hiring did not suffer—despite needing to interview over a thousand candidates in 5 days”
2
OnDemand video screening
ai_action
“OnDemand Interviews can be used to screen candidates, moving beyond CVs and focusing on true top candidates”
3
Skill-based assessment
ai_action
“Our robust library of skill-based questions identify candidates beyond just CV qualifications, better defining what they can actually do for the agency”
4
Automated routing and self-scheduling
routing
“HireVue Live video interviewing and automation provide real-time evaluation tools, interview guides, automated candidate routing, self-scheduling, and shareable recordings”
5
Panel consensus review
human_review
“Schedules panels and support selections with behaviourally-anchored interview evaluations and supports decisions with in-app consensus sessions”
6
Post-offer automation
output
“Automates post-conditional job offer activities to ensure consistent engagement”
Reported outcome

Using HireVue Live and automation, one DoD agency removed 100 days from time-to-hire and achieved a 4-hour time-to-offer after interview, processing up to 500 interviews per week during hiring events, and HireVue has become the new standard for DoD hiring.

Reported metrics
Time-to-hire reduction100 days removed from time-to-hire
Time-to-offer after interview4 hour
weekly OnDemand interviews (standard operations)~90
Weekly interviews during events500
Reported stack
HireVueHireVue LiveATS
Source
https://www.hirevue.com/blog/hiring/department-of-defense-case-study
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Using HireVue Live and automation, one DoD agency removed 100 days from time-to-hire and achieved a 4-hour time-to-offer after interview, processing up to 500 interviews per week during hiring events, and HireVue has…

What tools did this team use?

HireVue, HireVue Live, ATS.

What results were reported?

Time-to-hire reduction: 100 days removed from time-to-hire; Time-to-offer after interview: 4 hour; weekly OnDemand interviews (standard operations): ~90; Weekly interviews during events: 500 (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this recruiting AI workflow structured?

Mass hiring event trigger → OnDemand video screening → Skill-based assessment → Automated routing and self-scheduling → Panel consensus review → Post-offer automation.

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