Quick Start Guide

Use this guide to set up your first interview workflow in NTRVSTA. You will create or join a workspace, review the defaults candidates will see, create a template, send an invitation, and know where to review the result.

At a glance

Build and send your first interview

This walkthrough is for workspace users who create templates, invite candidates, or review interview results. If you were invited to take an interview, start from My Interviews in the app instead.

What You'll Set Up

In this quick start, you will:

• create or join a workspace
• check the settings that shape the candidate experience
• create a reusable interview template
• invite a candidate by email or public link
• understand what happens after the candidate completes the interview
• review completed results from the Interviews dashboard

Before You Start

You will move faster if you have:

• access to a NTRVSTA account
• permission to create templates and invite candidates
• an interview outline, role description, or list of topics you want to cover
• an optional job description PDF, if you want to generate a template from a document
• a test email address or candidate email for the first invitation
• Google Chrome, with camera and microphone permissions available for interview testing

1. Create Your Account

Open the NTRVSTA app and enter your email. NTRVSTA uses passwordless sign-in, so you receive a verification code by email. Google sign-in is also available.

2. Create or Join Your Workspace

After your first sign-in, NTRVSTA walks you through onboarding:

1. Profile — set your first and last name
2. Organization — create a new organization or join an existing one. Enter the organization name and optionally upload a logo
3. Subscription — select your plan
4. Ready — your workspace is set up. Open the dashboard

From the dashboard, the sidebar gives you access to the main feature areas. The first page you see is My Interviews, where your own assigned interviews appear.

You are ready to continue when you can open the main sidebar and see the sections available for your role.

3. Review Interview Defaults

Before inviting anyone, check the default experience candidates will receive. Admin users can open Settings from the sidebar and review:

• Branding — organization name and logo
• Interview — avatar, voice, language, welcome message, closing message, and interview defaults
• Integrations — notifications, ATS connections, API keys, and webhooks, depending on your role

You can skip this for a quick internal test. For a real candidate, review it first so you do not send an invitation with the wrong language, avatar, or branding.

See Settings for the complete configuration reference.

4. Create Your First Template

Navigate to Templates in the sidebar. Click the Create New tab and either:

• Upload a PDF — drag or select a job description PDF if you want NTRVSTA to generate a starting point
• Manual entry — fill in the title, type, topics, and questions directly

Review the generated or manually entered content before saving. Your template is ready when it appears in Existing Templates and can be selected for an invitation.

For detailed instructions, see Creating a Template.

5. Send Your First Invitation

Go to Candidates or Invite Candidate. Managers usually see this as a sidebar item. Admin users may access candidate invitations from Users.

Choose one of the invitation methods:

• Email — send an invitation to one or more email addresses
• Public invite link — generate a shareable link that lets candidates start the selected template or templates themselves

For an email invitation, select the template, enter the candidate details, adjust optional invitation settings, and send. For a public invite link, candidates provide their own email when they open the link.

See Inviting Candidates for all invitation modes.

6. Understand the Candidate Experience

Candidates open the invitation link, confirm their details, and complete the interview in the browser. Depending on the template and organization settings, the interview may ask for camera and microphone access, show an AI avatar, include whiteboard work, or allow the candidate to resume if the session is paused.

After the interview ends, NTRVSTA prepares the result. During this period, the interview may show as Processing before it becomes available for review.

7. Review the Result

After candidates complete their interviews, go to Interviews to review results. Each interview card shows the overall score, category scores, status, and an inline video player when media is available.

Open an interview to see the full detail view, including video playback, AI-generated analysis, chapter navigation, transcript, and whiteboard review when applicable.

See Interview Results for the complete feature set.

8. Monitor Trends

After more interviews are completed, use Analytics to monitor organization-wide metrics such as average scores, completion rates, duration trends, and candidate counts. Filter by time range or template to narrow the view.

See Analytics for a full breakdown.

What's Next

Once your first interviews are flowing, consider:

• adding teammates for collaborative review
• setting up webhook notifications for automated result delivery
• connecting external systems through the API Reference