> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://intervyo.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How it works, end to end

> The full journey from signing up to reading a scorecard — every step in order, in plain language.

This is the big picture. It shows the whole flow from creating your account to
reading a candidate's feedback. Each step links to a page with more detail.

There are **two ways** to get people into an interview:

1. **You add them** — you create each participant yourself, then schedule them.
2. **They apply themselves** — you share a link, people apply on their own, and
   HR schedules the ones they like.

Both paths share the same setup (steps 1–4 below).

## How the pieces fit

Three things make up your setup, and they nest:

* **Role** — *what* you're hiring or assessing for (the job/assessment, its
  requirements, and the bar to pass).
* **Round** — *one step* inside a Role (screening, technical, system design…),
  with its own pass threshold. A Role can have one or many Rounds.
* **Interviewer** — the *AI persona + scorecard* that runs a Round. Build it
  once and reuse it across any Round of any Role.

> **A Role has Rounds; each Round is run by an Interviewer.**

That reuse is the point: e.g. an "ITOM Specialist" Interviewer can run the ITOM
Round in several different Roles.

## The setup (do this once)

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign up and create your team" icon="users">
    After you sign up, create a **team** (your workspace). Everything —
    Interviewers, Roles, participants — lives inside your team. Invite teammates
    from **Settings → Members**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create an Interviewer" icon="bot">
    The Interviewer is the **AI that runs a round** — its persona and what it
    grades. Reusable across Roles. See [Interviewers](/en/concepts/interviewers).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a Role" icon="file-text">
    The Role is **what the interview is about** and the bar to pass. See
    [Roles](/en/concepts/roles).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add Rounds to the Role" icon="git-branch">
    Each Round is one step in the Role — point it at an Interviewer and set its
    pass threshold. Add more Rounds for multi-round flows. See
    [Rounds](/en/concepts/rounds).
  </Step>
</Steps>

Setup done. Now pick a path.

## Path A — You add the candidate

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add a participant" icon="user-plus">
    Create the person you want to interview and attach them to your Role.
    See [Participants](/en/concepts/participants).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Schedule the interview" icon="calendar">
    Schedule a session for the participant. The invite email is sent
    automatically. See [Sessions](/en/concepts/sessions).
  </Step>

  <Step title="The candidate takes the interview" icon="message-circle">
    They click the link in the email and talk to the AI. No install, no login.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the feedback" icon="clipboard-check">
    When they finish, you get a scorecard — scores, a recommendation, and a
    transcript — within \~2 minutes. Read it in the dashboard, or get it instantly
    with [Webhooks](/en/concepts/webhooks).
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Want to do this with code instead of clicking? Follow the
  [Hiring, step by step](/en/guides/hiring-step-by-step) API tutorial.
</Tip>

## Path B — Candidates apply themselves

Don't want to add people one by one? Share your Role's **apply link**.
People apply on their own, and HR schedules the good ones.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Share the Role's apply link" icon="link">
    Every Role has a public apply URL. Share it anywhere — a job post, an
    email, your careers page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Candidates apply automatically" icon="user-check">
    They open the link, verify their email, upload a resume, and become a
    participant — no work from you.
  </Step>

  <Step title="HR reviews and schedules" icon="calendar-check">
    Applications land in your panel. HR approves the ones they like and the
    interview invite goes out.
  </Step>
</Steps>

See the full guide: [Let candidates apply themselves](/en/guides/self-serve-applications).

## Sharing results

Once interviews are done, share scorecards with a hiring manager or client using
a link — no login needed on their side.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Share one candidate" icon="user" href="/en/guides/sharing-candidate-profiles#share-one-candidate">
    A single link showing one person's interview history.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Share many candidates" icon="users" href="/en/guides/sharing-candidate-profiles#share-many-candidates">
    One link with several candidates side by side, ranked.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The whole picture

```text theme={null}
Sign up  →  Create team
              │
              ├─ Create Interviewer(s)        (reusable AI personas)
              └─ Create Role
                    └─ Add Rounds             (each Round → an Interviewer)
                    │
        ┌───────────┴────────────┐
   Path A: you add          Path B: they apply
   add participant          share apply link
   schedule session         candidates apply
        │                   HR schedules
        └───────────┬────────────┘
                    │
            Candidate interviews
                    │
              Check feedback  →  Share results
```