MEETBRIDGE — MULTILINGUAL INTERVIEW KIT
Version: 2026-10-24 | English working template

Adapt this kit to the role, local process and candidate's access needs.
It is a planning aid for human-led interviews, not a validated assessment,
automated hiring tool or legal advice. Do not enter unnecessary personal data.

1. PREPARE THE INTERVIEW
Role / interview stage:
Kit owner / version:
Interview date / time zone:
Candidate's preferred speaking and listening languages:
Interviewer languages:
Language access route: translated speech / captions / qualified interpreter
Separate job-language assessment, if required:
Access or accommodation arrangement agreed with candidate:
Backup if translation remains unclear:
Person responsible for explaining transcription / recording / retention:

2. INVITATION TO ADAPT
We would like to invite you to a live interview for [role] on [date, time,
time zone]. Which language would you prefer to speak and hear? We plan to
use [tool] for [translated speech/captions], with [accurate explanation of
transcription or recording]. Please tell us if you need another arrangement.
You can ask us to pause, repeat or correct a translation. A human interviewer
remains responsible for assessing your answers.

Meeting link:
Separate Voice invitation, if used:
Joining instructions and contact for access problems:

3. SAMPLE 30-MINUTE AGENDA
Before: confirm language pair, access, microphone and listening devices.
0–3 min: explain translation, records and correction process.
3–7 min: introduction and check names and responsibilities.
7–22 min: prepared job-related questions, one at a time.
22–27 min: candidate questions.
27–30 min: confirm next steps and unresolved details.
After: human review of unclear passages and job-related evidence.
Allow extra time for translation and agreed accommodations.

4. QUESTION BANK TO ADAPT
Problem solving:
Tell us about a work problem you investigated. What information did you
collect, what did you decide, and what happened?
Neutral follow-up: Which part did you do yourself?

Collaboration:
Describe a project where people or teams had different priorities.
How did you work toward a decision?
Neutral follow-up: What changed after hearing the other team's concerns?

Customer communication:
Tell us about a difficult issue you explained to a customer.
How did you check the explanation was understood?
Neutral follow-up: What did you do when the first explanation did not help?

Learning:
Describe a task you had to learn quickly. What did you learn first,
and how did you know you were ready?
Neutral follow-up: What feedback changed your approach?

5. HUMAN EVIDENCE AND CORRECTION RECORD
Job-related competency:
Question asked / language version:
Candidate's example and individual contribution:
Evidence supporting the agreed role-specific rubric:
Exact passage requiring clarification:
Correction confirmed with the candidate:
Unresolved uncertainty / next clarification:
Human reviewer / review date:

Do not score accent, translated speaking style or translation pauses as
personality or competence. Keep any required job-language exercise separate.
AI translation and summaries can be wrong; check meaning before assessment.

6. HANDOFF AND CAPACITY
Interview stage completed:
Administrative candidate reference, only where authorized:
Secure location of approved supporting records:
Corrections / unresolved questions:
Next step, responsible person and due date:
Planned minutes: setup + interview + review + handoff:
Available facilitator minutes / planned minutes per interview = estimated
capacity. Treat this as a planning calculation, not a throughput promise.

7. MEETBRIDGE WORKFLOW CHECK
Full MeetBridge meeting: review plan and enabled saved-record features.
Companion Voice: host creates a room in the macOS/Windows app; every speaker
joins the same Voice room. Browser guests request host admission. Keep video
in the original platform and turn its microphone AND incoming audio off.
Do not assume a Voice session provides saved history or an AI summary.

Guides:
https://meetbridge.co/solutions/hr-live-translation
https://meetbridge.co/product/live-translation
https://meetbridge.co/blog/hr-recruiting-onboarding/how-to-handle-multilingual-candidate-interviews-at-scale