Interview Signal for panel interviews: what each interviewer sees and shares
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In Interview Signal, a panel is several interviewers on one Team account, each running the app on their own computer for the same candidate and role, splitting the role's questions with a six-character join code. During the interviews, the only things that cross between panelists are who is on the panel, how the questions were split, and which questions each interviewer has marked as asked. Scores, transcripts, quotes, notes and the candidate's name are not shared, so each panelist writes up on their own before the debrief. Panels are a Team plan feature, as of version 0.9.10 (October 2026).
What is shared between panelists, and what is not?
| Shared with the other panelists | Stays on your computer |
|---|---|
| Members, shown by initials, with their email addresses | Your transcript and the scorecard quotes |
| The split: whose share each question is in | Your scores and scorecard, including your own "+" scores |
| Questions you mark as asked by clicking, and who marked them | Questions the guide ticked automatically from your speech |
| A room count, such as "room 6/10 · 1 must-ask left" | Questions you added during the call with "+ Add" |
| Your notes, the candidate's name, the CV, answer-check flags and the submittal |
The server keeps question numbers and their status, never the text of a question. The practical rule for panelists: when you ask one of the kit's questions, click its mark ("Mark asked or not asked"), because that click is the tick the others see. Setup screens and the strip above the guide are described in how panel interviews work.
How does a panel run, from planning to debrief?
- One role for everyone. The recruiter saves the role on the Team account, so every panelist sees the same kit, must-asks and rubric. Agree the must-ask questions beforehand; the split deals them out first, one per person in turn, so no single interviewer carries them all. A panel interview plan helps decide who covers what.
- Seats. Everyone who will run the app needs a seat on the same account and the app installed on Windows or macOS. See the Team plan guide.
- Open and join. On the day, one person presses "Open a panel" on the role's pre-interview screen and reads out the code; the others type it into "JOIN CODE" and press "Join" from the same role. When all have joined, press "Split the questions"; for a late joiner, "Split again".
- Interview. Your share is marked with a bar down the left of the guide, and questions others have marked show "asked by" with their initials, struck through. The strip refreshes about every six seconds. If the connection drops, the interview carries on and your ticks reach the others when it returns.
- Write up alone. Each panelist presses "End interview" and gets their own review screen, scorecard and submittal. Nobody sees another panelist's scores first, which is the point of independent feedback before the debrief.
- Debrief. Bring your scorecard: "Copy for Slack" gives a short paragraph and "Export .docx" a Word file. There is no combined scorecard, and Compare reads only the interviews on your own computer.
Which panel formats suit Interview Signal?
| Format | What each app hears | What to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Back-to-back slots: each panelist alone with the candidate on video or a phone screen through the computer | You on the microphone, the candidate on the computer's sound | Nothing extra; this is the format the split is designed for |
| One video call with several panelists, each on their own computer | You on the microphone; the candidate and every other panelist on the computer's sound | Colleagues are transcribed as "Candidate", so a colleague's words can end up quoted as the candidate's; read quotes before sending. Your guide ticks only from your own voice, so click to mark |
| One room, each panelist with a laptop | Every laptop's microphone hears the whole room, labeled as you | The in-person limits: quotes cannot be verified, areas come back "Probe further", scores above 5 are capped, and follow-ups and "Score as we go" wait for you. Press "Evaluate", add your own scores with "+", and use the refresh arrow for follow-ups |
The room format is covered in in-person interviews, and why the computer's sound counts as the candidate in audio capture without a bot.
What does a panel not do?
- No shared scores or joint submittal. Each interviewer's assessment stays theirs until the debrief.
- No shared transcripts, by design, and no automatic sharing of ticks: only clicked marks travel.
- Team plan, one account, a connection. Free, Pay as you go and Solo have no panels, a join code works only within the same account, and opening or joining needs the network.
- Desktop only, with no ATS integration; each panelist's write-up is pasted or attached by hand.
Which plan does a panel need?
Team: $59 per seat per month, or $49 per seat per month billed yearly, with a minimum of three seats, as of October 2026. A seat is one person who runs interviews, so count every panelist who will use the app, hiring managers included. See pricing. For a technical loop, pair this with Interview Signal for technical interviews; for other tools built for panels, see the best AI note taker for panel interviews.
Questions people ask
Does Interview Signal share scores between panel interviewers?
No. In version 0.9.10 a panel shares only who is on it, how the questions were split, and which questions each interviewer has marked as asked by clicking. Scores, scorecards, transcripts, quotes, notes and the candidate's name stay on each interviewer's own computer, so every panelist writes up independently.
Can a panel use Interview Signal on the same Zoom or Teams call?
Yes, but every interviewer's app labels whatever comes through their computer's sound as the candidate, and that includes the other panelists' voices. The guide also ticks itself only from your own microphone. Back-to-back slots, one interviewer with the candidate at a time, keep the labels and quotes clean.
Does every panel interviewer need an Interview Signal seat?
Only the interviewers who run the app. Panels are part of the Team plan, and everyone who joins a panel must be signed in with a seat on the same account. A panelist without the app can still interview; someone else just has to mark their questions as asked.
How does Interview Signal keep panel feedback independent before the debrief?
By not sharing it. Each interviewer finishes with their own review screen, scorecard and submittal on their own computer, and nothing about another panelist's scores or notes appears on anyone's screen. Feedback is compared only when people bring it to the debrief.