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Artificial Intelligence has made applying for jobs easier than ever. It has also made it much harder for employers to identify the best candidates.
In this episode of ScaleUp Radio, Kevin Brent speaks with entrepreneur Lee Nazari, founder of Interviewa, a platform using conversational AI and on camera interviews to help recruiters, universities and job seekers cut through the growing noise created by AI generated CVs.
Following a life changing personal tragedy, Lee chose to build something with genuine purpose. The result is Interviewa, a business focused on creating fairer, faster and more authentic recruitment and admissions processes while helping candidates prepare for interviews with confidence.
One standout message from this conversation is:
"The CV is becoming less valuable. The conversation is becoming more valuable."
Lee explains why businesses need to rethink how they assess talent and why execution, partnerships and data are becoming the real competitive advantages in an AI powered world.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why AI generated CVs are creating huge challenges for recruiters
- How Interviewa uses conversational AI to screen every candidate through video interviews
- The importance of follow up questions and authentic conversations
- How anti cheat technology helps maintain interview integrity
- Why transparency builds trust when candidates know they are speaking with AI
- How universities are using Interviewa to improve admissions and student employability
- The new AI Job Consultant helping people identify career opportunities they may never have considered
- How one recruitment agency achieved a 25 times return on investment using Interviewa
- Why execution is now a stronger competitive advantage than simply having a good idea
- Building defensibility through partnerships, proprietary data and compliance
- Lessons in leadership, delegation and trusting great people
- Why every business owner now needs AI literacy
About Lee Nazari
Lee Nazari is the Founder of Interviewa, an AI powered interview platform transforming recruitment, university admissions and interview preparation.
Interviewa combines conversational AI, intelligent screening and personalised interview summaries to help organisations make better hiring decisions while giving candidates a fairer opportunity to demonstrate their potential.
The one key thing
The businesses that win with AI will not simply automate existing processes. They will redesign them around better conversations, faster decisions and stronger human outcomes.
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