Overview
The Coaching Tips Agent provides interviewers with automated, personalized coaching feedback based on their recent interviews. It’s designed to help improve interviewing skills at scale—without needing manual review or live sessions.
What It Does
Analyzes completed interviews from the past two weeks
Sends AI-generated coaching tips via email every other Monday
Tips are based on interviewer behavior and organizational priorities
Includes specific examples and direct links to moments in the interview recording
Feedback is 1:1, personalized, and grounded in actual interviewer performance
Who It’s For
Available to organizations using BrightHire
Admins can configure which interviewers receive tips
Interviewers receiving tips must have recent recorded interviews
How to Enable and Configure
Step 1: Turn On the Coaching Tips Agent
Admins can enable this feature from the Settings page.
Step 2: Choose Who Gets Coaching
You can target:
All interviewers
Specific teams or roles
Step 3: Customize the Coaching Criteria
Admins can define specific priorities for coaching, such as:
Clarifying the company pitch
Asking structured and concise questions
Representing company values
You can add your own guidelines on top of the default feedback set.
What Interviewers Receive
Every other Monday, interviewers receive an email that includes:
A few personalized coaching tips
Snippets of their recent interviews
Direct links to “coachable moments”
Optional controls to manage notifications
How It Works (Behind the Scenes)
The agent reviews interviews completed within the last 14 days
It generates suggestions based on BrightHire’s best practices and your customization
Tips are distributed automatically—no manual review or session scheduling required
Why Use It
Scalable: Coaching runs in the background—no manual lift required
Customizable: Tailor tips to focus on behaviors your org values
Actionable: Tips link to real examples, making feedback clear and credible
Efficient: Saves time and cost compared to live coaching or external vendors
Interviewer Experience
Feedback is objective, pulled directly from their own interviews
They can easily see what’s working and what to improve
Tips are perceived as constructive and fair
Interviewers can opt in or out of email notifications at any time
🚀 Update - Receive your Coaching tips via Slack!
Update your Settings Here- BrightHire Notification Settings!
Example:
Your interviewing tips are ready
Based on your 2 most recent interviews, here are some personalized coaching tips.
Your interviewing tips:
Quick Tips
Asked for questions in 100% of interviews. You hit the recommended target!
Candidates had 68% of talk time. The average talk range across all our customers is 45–63%.
Interview coaching details
Dig deeper with follow-up questions
Your follow-up questions are a clear strength, helping to clarify candidate responsibilities and encourage deeper insights into their experience.
EXAMPLE 1:
Situation: You asked a clarifying follow-up about the candidate's responsibilities on a project: "So you worked, I guess specifically on like the Python services that actually facilitated a lot of what you just described." 1
Benefit: This approach helps candidates provide more relevant and detailed information about their technical contributions.
EXAMPLE 2:
Situation: You followed up to clarify the candidate's involvement with the front end, distinguishing their specific contributions: "...you mentioned that the front end dashboard was sort of like a different project for like a different set of engineers. So there was no real like front end involved in the, the piece that you've touched."
Benefit: This helps ensure an accurate understanding of the candidate's role and experience.
Respond thoughtfully to candidate answers
You consistently acknowledged candidate responses with affirmations and positive feedback, creating a supportive interview environment.
EXAMPLE 1
Situation: After the candidate described their project, you responded with encouragement: "Okay, no, that sounds great." 3
Benefit: This behavior reassures candidates and helps them feel comfortable sharing more.
EXAMPLE 2
Situation: You responded positively to the candidate's explanation about user acquisition: "...finding like the right users for a product like this could be a challenge in itself, but it sounds like you actually had easy access. That's awesome. Yeah,"
Benefit: Positive reinforcement encourages candidates to elaborate and fosters a more engaging conversation.
FAQ
Q. Is there a way to change the default cadence for interviewers to receive coaching tips, which is currently set to every two weeks on Monday?
A. Not at this time. The current setup only supports sending coaching tips every two weeks on odd weeks. When you sign up does not affect whether you are on even or odd weeks. Here's a helpful chart of even/odd weeks: What week is it.
Q. Do you support coaching tips for debriefs or intakes?
A. Not at this time. Coaching tips are currently only available for interviews. If this is a feature you’d like us to support in the future, please reach out to us at [email protected]
❓ Need help - Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions.