Notetaker
BrightHire in your job interview: how to say no to the recording
BrightHire records job interviews for the company hiring. As the candidate you can opt out before the interview, or say at any point that you would rather not be recorded — and stopping it erases the whole recording.
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Read on 10 November 2026
How it got into your call
- The company interviewing you uses BrightHire. On Google Meet or Zoom the BrightHire Notetaker joins the interview as a participant and records and transcribes it.
- Companies can tell you beforehand in the calendar invite, or have BrightHire email you the day before your first interview with them.
Before the interview: say no
- Before the interview: BrightHire's email to candidates, and sometimes the calendar invite, has a link to opt out of being recorded.
- BrightHire says choosing not to be recorded has no effect on your candidacy.
Get it out of a call that is running
- You can say at any time that you would rather not be recorded. Any interviewer can then stop it — on Zoom by removing the BrightHire participant.
- Stopping deletes the whole recording and transcript, not only what comes after. It cannot be restarted for that call; an interviewer can instead put it in the waiting room to pause it and admit it again later.
- In the meeting it shows a “Recording” label on its own tile, and posts in the chat that the interview is being recorded.
What it keeps
Recordings belong to the hiring company, which decides who can watch them. To have yours deleted later, BrightHire says to ask the recruiter. It also says it does not judge candidates automatically from their words, voice or video.
In BrightHire's own words
It is a participant
BrightHire“The BrightHire Notetaker joins your interview as a participant to record and transcribe everything.”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/4128677-recording-disclosure-and-consent
What everybody sees
BrightHire“All participants in the interview will see a "Recording" message in the top left corner of the BrightHire Notetaker participant cell.”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/4128677-recording-disclosure-and-consent
The email before the interview
BrightHire“allow them to automatically opt out of being recorded if they would like.”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/4128677-recording-disclosure-and-consent
The message in the chat
BrightHire“This interview is being recorded so we can focus on the conversation”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/4484370-brighthire-for-candidates-faq
Stopping it erases everything
BrightHire“If you choose to stop recording at any point during your interview, the entire audio and transcript from the conversation will be erased”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/3710359-how-to-stop-recording
Removing it on Zoom
BrightHire“This will delete the entire recording, not just the portion after the Notetaker leaves.”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/3710359-how-to-stop-recording
No restarting
BrightHire“You can’t start, stop, and then resume recording a single call.”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/3710359-how-to-stop-recording
Asking for it to be deleted later
BrightHire“If at any time you would like the company to delete your interview recording, this request should be made to the recruiter.”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/4484370-brighthire-for-candidates-faq
No automatic judging
BrightHire“BrightHire does not attempt to automatically determine if you’re the right candidate by evaluating your words, voice, or video”
help.brighthire.ai/en/articles/4484370-brighthire-for-candidates-faq
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A meeting with nothing to remove
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Other notetakers
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