Create & Edit Interview Questions (Formats, Media Types, and Best Practices)

Building your interview questions is where your automated interview truly comes to life! Cammio gives you the flexibility to mix and match video, audio, and text to create an engaging, fair, and highly structured assessment tailored perfectly to your role.

Adding and Configuring Questions

You can build and edit your questions within the Build tab of your automated interview template setup. Each question appears as a distinct card in your chronological timeline.

Each question card has:

• Left side (Media): Choose what the candidate sees/hears as the question prompt (Video or Image).
• Right side (Settings): Write the question text and set how the candidate may answer (video/audio/text), with time limits and attempts.

1. Set Up Your Question and Media

The left side of the question card controls the media the candidate sees and hears when the question is presented.

Video Prompts

Add a welcoming, human touch!

1. In the question card, open the Video tab.
2. Record a video directly in your browser or choose a video file if available.
3. Review your video, then click Use this video (or Retake to redo).

Image Prompts

1. In the question card, open the Image tab.
2. Use the default brand image or upload your own.

Question Text

On the right side of the card, type your actual question prompt. Keep it clear and concise (up to 250 characters).

Want to save some time? Reuse questions from the Library

1. Add a question by clicking Add from Library.
2. Look up your question(s) from your question library. You can select multiple.
3. Click Add to interview.

2. Define the Candidate's Answering Format

How do you want candidates to respond? Cammio allows you to toggle three independent response formats. You must leave at least one active:

• Video: Ideal for assessing communication skills, personality, motivation, and overall fit.
• Audio-only: Great for quick language checks or as a low-barrier option for candidates.
• Text: Perfect for brief factual answers or writing assessments.

3. Set Constraints and Logic

Maintain a structured and fair evaluation by setting exact parameters for how candidates submit their answers.

• Answering time limit: Use the dropdown to set the maximum duration a candidate has to record or type their response.
• Allowed attempts: Decide how many times a candidate can re-record their answer (usually 1 to 5 times) to ensure they put their best foot forward.
• Auto-start Functionality: Want to assess quick thinking? Set the allowed attempts to Auto start. This provides candidates with a specific Preparation time to read the question, after which the recording begins automatically. (Note: Text answers are automatically disabled for auto-start questions)

Edit, Reorder, Duplicate, Save, and Delete Questions

Need to make changes to your interview flow? Use the More Actions (...) menu located in the top right of any question card to quickly:

• Move the question up or down in the timeline sequence.
• Duplicate the question to reuse its settings and save configuration time.
• Save to library so your entire team can easily reuse this great question in future templates.
• Delete the question entirely.

Best Practices for High-Volume Hiring

• Keep it human: Use video prompts whenever possible. Seeing a friendly face from your team reduces candidate anxiety and powerfully strengthens your employer brand.
• Align time limits: Give candidates enough time to answer without rambling. 1 to 2 minutes is usually the sweet spot for a standard video response.
• Reduce candidate anxiety: Allow 2–3 attempts for most video questions. This can reduce anxiety for candidates and still prevents infinite rehearsals.
• Use auto-start strategically: Reserve auto-start questions for scenarios where spontaneous, unscripted reactions are genuinely important for the role, as this format can increase candidate stress.

A Note on Template Locking

If a template has already been used to collect responses, Cammio protects consistency by locking the Build tab after the first invitation is sent.

You can still make edits to the template, but should proceed with caution. You can read more about [How to Safely Edit an Active Interview Template]

Next Steps

Ready to decide who evaluates the candidates and how? Check out

• Choosing a Review Method and Adding Instructions
• Assigning Team Members to Review a Candidate

Updated on: 16/03/2026