Recruiting · Production

Schneider Electric personalises HireVue OnDemand interviews with custom recruiter videos, lifting cNPS by 7 points

The problem

Candidates found Schneider Electric's OnDemand video interviews impersonal, doubting a human was reviewing them and missing the personal connection expected from a traditional recruiter interaction.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
OnDemand interview assigned
trigger
“incorporating OnDemand interviews as the first step in the hiring process for early career roles”
2
Recruiter records personalised video
output
“instead of using generic Schneider Electric videos for the interview introduction and closing, each recruiter creates their own, personalised videos through HireVue”
3
Candidate views recruiter intro
integration
“This allows the candidate to meet the recruiter, see who will be personally reviewing their HireVue, and show that the recruiters are human”
4
cNPS feedback measured
feedback_loop
“Schneider Electric measures performance based on a candidate net promoter score (cNPS) which looks at if the candidate would recommend the process to a friend”
Reported outcome

During a pilot, one recruiter's personalised intro and closing videos raised her candidate NPS from 68.4 to 75.4, a 7-point gain, described as a cost-free, time-efficient, technology-driven enhancement.

Reported metrics
cNPS before personalised videos68.4
cNPS after personalised videos75.4
cNPS point increase7
Reported stack
HireVue
Source
https://www.hirevue.com/case-studies/schneider-electric
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

During a pilot, one recruiter's personalised intro and closing videos raised her candidate NPS from 68.4 to 75.4, a 7-point gain, described as a cost-free, time-efficient, technology-driven enhancement.

What tools did this team use?

HireVue.

What results were reported?

cNPS before personalised videos: 68.4; cNPS after personalised videos: 75.4; cNPS point increase: 7 (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this recruiting AI workflow structured?

OnDemand interview assigned → Recruiter records personalised video → Candidate views recruiter intro → cNPS feedback measured.