Video interview
Fit & BehaviouralA recorded, one way interview screening motivation and communication with no interviewer present to react to.
Also written: HireVue, recorded interview, asynchronous interview
In a video interview the question appears on screen, you get a short preparation window, and you record an answer to a camera. There is nobody there, so there is no rapport to build and no reaction to read.
That format punishes candidates who rely on interaction. Structure has to carry the answer entirely: signpost how many points you will make, make them, and stop, because rambling is far more obvious without an interviewer to interrupt.
Questions are almost always motivational and behavioural rather than technical: why banking, why this firm, tell me about a time. The technical screening happens later.
Practical details matter more than candidates expect, since presentation is genuinely part of what is assessed: look at the lens rather than your own image, check lighting and background, and rehearse the format rather than only the content.
Worked example
Thirty seconds to prepare, two minutes to answer why banking, no interviewer and no reaction to read.
Signpost explicitly: there are two reasons, and here is the first. Without an interviewer to interrupt, structure is the only thing stopping the answer sprawling.
Look at the lens rather than your own image, and rehearse the format rather than only the content, because presentation is genuinely part of what is scored.