Works Applications and Linkway Jointly Develop "AI Interview Plus" through Strategic Collaboration

Works Applications Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Ryuichi Ikebe), which supports corporate DX/AX (AI Transformation), has jointly developed and launched "AI Interview Plus," a 24-hour AI interview system, with Linkway Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka-shi, Osaka; Representative Director: Raiki Imado), which possesses advanced generative AI utilization technology.

Along with the launch of this system, we are also beginning to offer "AI Omekase Interview," a comprehensive support package that consistently handles everything from system setup to operation. By streamlining initial screenings through AI's quantitative analysis, we aim to create "room for human insight," allowing recruiters to focus on genuinely understanding candidates, thereby proposing new recruitment value standards.

**Background and Concept: Why AI Interview Now?**

Amid the current labor shortage, corporate recruitment sites are feeling the strain. While the intense competition for talent demands speed-oriented recruitment activities, prioritizing speed often reduces the time spent engaging with individual candidates, leading to post-employment mismatches and exacerbating the "quantity-quality trade-off in recruitment" in many workplaces.

Our company was an early adopter, introducing "phone interviews" in 2016 and "video (recorded) interviews" in 2018, removing time and distance constraints. The current AI utilization is an extension of this evolution. Our goal is not "AI-driven efficiency" itself, but to maximize the time humans spend focusing on essential aspects like "personality" and "values" by entrusting quantitative information, based on objective data accumulated by AI.

**Key Features and Benefits of "AI Interview Plus"**

AI conducts individual interviews for each candidate, automatically recording, transcribing, and generating evaluation summaries.

1. **Creating "Room for Human Insight"** AI takes over initial screening tasks, reducing recruitment time by approximately 40%. The saved time can be dedicated to deeper conversations with candidates and strategic recruitment activities.

2. **24/7 Mobile-First Selection Experience** Candidates can take interviews anytime, anywhere, at their peak motivation right after applying, using just a smartphone.

3. **Highly Accurate Objective Evaluation Free from Subjectivity** Evaluation not biased by interviewers' subjectivity ensures fairness in selection. It also supports structured interviews and customization based on each company's unique evaluation criteria.

4. **Feedback Function for Candidate Growth** After the AI interview, each candidate receives advice on their strengths and areas for improvement. This transforms the selection process from a mere pass/fail judgment into an opportunity for individual growth.

**Management Dashboard: Candidate Management and Analysis Screen for HR Personnel**

**What is "AI Omekase Interview" (Comprehensive Support Package)?**

"AI Omekase Interview" is a full-support service that integrates over 20 years of our HR expertise to assist with structural reforms. We handle the articulation of ambiguous evaluation criteria and optimization of AI prompts (prompts) that many HR personnel face during AI interview implementation. By supporting the visualization of recruitment flows and designing mobile-first selection experiences, we achieve effective structural reforms that go beyond mere tool adoption, creating an environment where recruiters can concentrate on the essential dialogue with "people."

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HRTX Service Website: https://hrtx.worksid.co.jp/

**Social Significance and Future Outlook**

Under the vision of "Designing Work," Works Applications implements technology not as a tool for selection, but as a tool for understanding. AI handles efficiency, while humans perform the essential roles of final judgment and empathy. We are confident that this "coexistence of technology and people" will enhance the labor productivity of Japanese companies and establish new recruitment value standards that enable job seekers to approach "their own way of working." Beyond AI interviews, we envision platformization encompassing general back-office operations to accelerate corporate AX (AI Transformation).

**Comments from Company Representatives**

Shinsuke Kuraoka, Senior Executive Officer, Works Applications Co., Ltd.

What our company has consistently valued is "people." AI evaluates speaking tendencies and aspirations, objectively extracting candidates' strengths, but this is not for efficiency alone. Quite the opposite: by having AI organize quantitative information, interviewers can secure more time to engage carefully with each job seeker than ever before. While achieving efficiency with AI, we maximize human judgment. This coexistence is the new selection experience we offer.

Raiki Imado, Representative Director, Linkway Co., Ltd.

Our company aims to expand recruitment possibilities with technology through the development of AI interview services.