HireVue for investment banking: how to practice.

Do investment banks use HireVue?

Some say so on their own pages. As of October 2026, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan both name HireVue for their first-round video interview, and Morgan Stanley publishes video interview tips without naming a platform.

• Goldman Sachs. Its Prepare page for students says the first interview is a video interview of about 30 minutes, calls it your HireVue interview, and says final round interviews follow. More in the Goldman Sachs guide.
• JPMorgan. Its digital handbook says the first round is a recorded virtual interview hosted on HireVue. More in the JPMorgan guide.
• Bank of America. Its interview tips for Asia Pacific name HireVue. Its tips for the U.S. and Canada describe an on-demand video interview without naming a platform. More in the Bank of America guide.
• Morgan Stanley. Its site has a January 2020 article of video interview tips, but its pages don’t say which platform it uses. More in the Morgan Stanley guide.

For any bank, your invitation is the final word: it names the platform and tells you how the interview runs. Guides for more employers are listed below.

What is a HireVue interview?

Usually a one-way video interview. The employer sends you a link, and you record answers to questions on your own, with nobody on the other end.

HireVue’s candidate FAQ says most of its video assessments have five to eight questions. Each one appears as text or as a video, and you get several minutes to respond. You can take it on a computer, a tablet or a phone.

HireVue’s tips say you get a practice question before the real ones, and its FAQ says that if your connection drops, you can pick up where you left off with the same link.

Where does the HireVue fit in investment banking recruiting?

Early. As of October 2026, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan both describe it as the first interview after the online application, and the candidates who move on go to a later round of interviews.

HireVue’s FAQ describes the same shape: the interview helps recruiters make the first cut, those in the top group move on to person-to-person interviews, and people make the hiring decisions.

At Goldman Sachs, that later stage is final round interviews, typically between two and five for campus hires depending on the division, according to its Prepare page. At JPMorgan, it is an interview round of one or more interviews, held virtually or in person depending on the program, according to its handbook.

What questions come up in an investment banking HireVue?

Banks don’t publish their questions. Prepare for the kinds one-way interviews usually ask: your motivation for banking, the firm and the group, and short stories about teamwork, leadership, a problem you solved and a setback.

Some banks say what to prepare. JPMorgan’s handbook tells applicants to prepare answers about their academic background, strengths, weaknesses and career goals. Morgan Stanley’s interview preparation page says its interviews can be competency-based, strengths-based, skills-based or technical.

• Motivation. Your reasons for investment banking, for the bank and for the group you applied to. Tie each reason to something you did or learned.
• Behavioral. A time you worked in a team, led something, handled pressure or learned from a mistake. Give the situation in a sentence, what you did, and the result.
• Your background. A short walk through your resume that ends with why this role is the next step.

How do you practice for an investment banking HireVue?

Practice out loud, on camera and against a clock. Prepare five or six stories and your reasons for banking, answer each question in the time you’ll get, watch the take back, and do it again.

1. Collect your stories. A challenge you faced, what you did, and what happened. HireVue’s tips suggest the same list.
2. Make one set per bank. In TrainVue, a set holds your own questions, with the times you choose. Match the times in each invitation if it gives them.
3. Set up like the real thing. A quiet spot, the light in front of you, a strong Wi-Fi signal, and the camera near eye level.
4. Run a timed set. A practice question comes first and is never saved. Then each question gives you time to read it, a 3-2-1 countdown, then the recording and its clock.
5. Watch it back. Read the transcript, check your pace and filler words, and change one thing.
6. Run it again with new questions. The real questions will be new to you, so rehearse the stories, not the exact words.

Can you practice for a banking HireVue with AI feedback?

Yes. After each take, TrainVue shows your pace and filler words, and content scoring reads your transcript: how directly it answers, its structure, its specifics and what to fix first. It is practice feedback, not a bank’s or HireVue’s assessment, so it can’t predict a result.

Content scoring needs a free account with cloud backup on, and your first 3 answers are scored free. Transcripts need desktop Chrome or Edge.

Pace is counted in words per minute, and 120 to 160 reads as steady. Filler words such as um, uh, like and you know are marked in the transcript.

Does HireVue use AI to score banking interviews?

It can, when the employer adds an assessment to the interview. HireVue says its video assessments analyze only the transcript of your answers, not your face, video or audio, and that people make the final hiring decision.

The bank pages linked here don’t say whether they add one, so prepare as if your words are what count. There is more in Does HireVue use AI to score you?

Can you use notes or AI during a bank’s HireVue?

Follow the rules in your invitation. JPMorgan’s handbook, for one, lists reading off notes during the interview among its don’ts, and generating answers with software too, unless you’re invited to use AI. Prepare beforehand and answer in your own words on the day.

That work is what practice is for: rehearse your stories out loud until they come without a script.

Is TrainVue affiliated with HireVue or any bank?

No. TrainVue is an independent practice tool, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by HireVue or by any bank named on this page.

It doesn’t use HireVue’s software or any bank’s questions. It practices the same one-way format, with your own questions or the sample set.