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Numi vs HireVue: interview notes that stay in the EU, no candidate scoring
HireVue is a mature, US-based video-interviewing and assessment platform: alongside recording interviews it runs AI-driven candidate assessments and competency scoring. Numi is a different kind of tool. It is an EU-hosted AI meeting assistant used for interviews that records, transcribes, and summarizes every conversation on European infrastructure in Falkenstein, Germany, and it deliberately does not score, rank, or assess candidates. It keeps the record and transcript so a human decides. Here is how the two compare for a recruiting team.
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Numi vs HireVue at a glance
| Capability | Numi | HireVue |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | ✅EU and DACH teams that want interview notes inside the EU and a human deciding, not an AI score | Large enterprises that want video-interviewing plus structured AI assessment and scoring at scale |
| Interview recording & transcription | ✅Records, transcribes, and summarizes interviews on European infrastructure | ✅Records and hosts video interviews as part of a broader assessment suite |
| Interview notes & summaries | ✅Summaries with action items and decisions, grounded in the transcript | ✅Interview data feeds structured evaluations and scorecards |
| Candidate scoring / AI assessment | ✅Does not score or rank candidates; a human makes the decision | ⚠️AI-driven candidate assessments and competency scoring; high-risk under the EU AI Act |
| ATS write-back | ⚠️No native ATS write-back yet; export and paste notes into your ATS | ✅Native integrations with major applicant tracking systems |
| Data residency | ✅EU only: interview data processed and stored in Falkenstein, Germany, inside the EU | ⚠️US-based vendor, co-located US and Europe; EU hosting is an enterprise configuration option |
| GDPR posture | ✅EU in-region processing; published DPA and subprocessor list; does not train on your data | ✅Certified ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701; enterprise data-protection tooling |
| Trains AI on your data? | ✅No | Confirm the commitment in HireVue's DPA |
| EU AI Act (recruitment use) | Numi keeps the record and transcript so a human decides, and does not score or rank candidates, so it stays out of the AI scoring path | AI candidate assessment and scoring is a high-risk (Annex III) recruitment use case; confirm the added obligations against your own assessment |
| Pricing | ✅Free during open beta; paid plans coming post-launch | ⚠️Quote-based enterprise pricing |
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The real difference: scoring candidates vs keeping the record
HireVue is a US-based platform that does two things a recruiting team should weigh carefully. First, it runs AI-driven candidate assessments and competency and game-based scoring: the software helps evaluate and rank candidates. Under the EU AI Act, AI used to evaluate or rank people in recruitment is a high-risk (Annex III) use case that carries added obligations. That is not a compliance failing, it is a design choice that puts the tool in scope. Second, HireVue is headquartered in the US and co-located across the US and Europe, so EU data hosting is an enterprise configuration option rather than the default.
Numi takes the opposite position on both. It processes and stores interview data on European infrastructure in Falkenstein, Germany, publishes its DPA and subprocessor list, and does not train on your data. And it deliberately does not score, rank, or assess candidates: it keeps the record and transcript so a human makes the hiring decision. If you want an EU-hosted record without stepping into AI candidate scoring, that is the distinction to check first.
Who should choose Numi
- Recruiting and talent teams in the EU, especially in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, whose policy requires interview recordings to stay physically inside the EU. See our notes on GDPR-compliant interview recording.
- Compliance-conscious hiring teams who want a human to make the decision and do not want a tool that scores, ranks, or assesses candidates for them under the EU AI Act.
- Teams that want records, transcripts, summaries, and clear action items from every interview on European infrastructure, with a published DPA and subprocessor list and no training on their data. More for recruiters.
Who should choose HireVue
- Large enterprises whose process is built around structured video-interviewing and AI assessment: HireVue is a mature suite with competency and game-based scoring and years of scale behind it.
- Teams that need deep ATS integrations and enterprise-grade tooling, and that are prepared to meet the EU AI Act obligations that come with AI candidate scoring.
- Organizations that value HireVue's ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 certifications and can configure EU hosting as an enterprise option where they need it.
Bottom line
Read this as a match exercise, not a scoreboard. HireVue is a capable, well-certified enterprise platform, and if AI candidate assessment and structured video-interviewing are the point of your process, it may be exactly right and you may not need to look further. None of this implies HireVue is non-compliant. The distinction is one of design: HireVue scores and assesses candidates from a US base, while Numi keeps an EU-hosted record and leaves the decision to a human. If your requirement is interview data inside the EU with no candidate scoring, Numi is the alternative you are looking for: an EU-hosted AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes interviews in Falkenstein, publishes its DPA and subprocessor list, and does not train on your data.
Frequently asked questions
Is HireVue GDPR compliant?
HireVue can be used in a GDPR-compliant way. It is certified ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 and offers enterprise data-protection tooling. Two nuances matter for EU teams. First, HireVue is a US-based company that is co-located across the US and Europe, so EU data hosting is an enterprise configuration option rather than the default. Second, HireVue runs AI-driven candidate assessments and scoring, which under the EU AI Act is a high-risk (Annex III) recruitment use case that carries added obligations. Numi deliberately does not score or rank candidates and keeps interview data inside the EU in Falkenstein, Germany. See our guide on the EU AI Act and interview notetakers.
Does HireVue use AI to score candidates?
Yes. Alongside recording interviews, HireVue runs AI-driven candidate assessments and competency and game-based scoring. Under the EU AI Act, AI used to evaluate or rank candidates in recruitment is a high-risk (Annex III) use case with added obligations. This is not a compliance failing on HireVue's part, it is a design choice that puts it in scope. Numi takes the opposite approach: it does not score, rank, or assess candidates. It keeps the record and transcript so a human makes the decision.
Where does HireVue store interview data?
HireVue is a US-headquartered company, based in South Jordan, Utah, that is co-located across the US and Europe. EU data hosting is available as an enterprise configuration option rather than the default. For a recruiting team whose hard requirement is that EU candidate recordings physically stay in the EU, that is a point to confirm during procurement. Numi processes and stores interview data on European infrastructure in Falkenstein, Germany, inside the EU, by default.
What is an EU alternative to HireVue that does not score candidates?
Numi is an EU-hosted option that deliberately does not score or rank candidates. It records, transcribes, and summarizes interviews and extracts action items and decisions grounded in the transcript, all processed on European infrastructure in Falkenstein, Germany, and it does not train on your data. It fits teams whose requirement is keeping interview data inside the EU and keeping a human in charge of the hiring decision, rather than adopting AI candidate scoring. Confirm any tool against your own consent, deletion, and ATS-integration needs before you move real interviews onto it.
Does Numi replace HireVue's video interviewing and assessments?
No. HireVue is a mature enterprise video-interviewing and structured-assessment suite with ATS integrations and large-enterprise scale. Numi does not run video-interviewing workflows or AI candidate assessments, and it has no native ATS write-back yet, so you export and paste notes into your ATS. What Numi does is keep an EU-hosted record: it records, transcribes, and summarizes interviews in Falkenstein, Germany, and produces action items and decisions, without scoring or ranking candidates. If AI assessment and scoring is the point of your process, HireVue and Numi solve different problems.
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