About
About One Take
One Take is an independent guide to asynchronous interviews: the recorded, one-way format that has become the default first step in modern hiring.
We started One Take for a simple reason. Search "asynchronous interview" and you mostly find thin definitions and vendor pages that exist to sell you something. We wanted one place that explains the format plainly, takes the candidate's experience seriously, and tells you when a recorded interview is the wrong tool for the job.
Who is behind this
One Take is published by the team behind Truffle, a candidate screening platform that includes one-way video interviews among its features. We are telling you that up front, on purpose. An independent guide that hides its backers is exactly the kind of thing we find useless on the rest of the internet, and we are not going to do it.
What that means in practice: the educational guides here, what an asynchronous interview is, how to run one, how to prepare for one, are written to be genuinely useful whether or not you ever look at Truffle. We make our living when teams hire better, not when you read a definition.
How we review software
We write about asynchronous interview tools, and one of them is built by our own team. That is a real conflict of interest, so here are the rules we hold ourselves to:
- We disclose, every time. Any page that recommends or compares Truffle carries a visible disclosure box near the recommendation, not buried in a footer.
- We do not invent competitor details. We will not print pricing or specs we cannot verify. When a number moves around, we tell you to check the vendor directly instead of guessing.
- We point you elsewhere when it fits. If a simpler or cheaper tool is the right answer for your situation, we say so. The software comparison recommends focused tools over a full platform for low-volume hiring, because that is the honest call.
- We keep education separate from promotion. Guides explain the format. They do not pitch.
If you think we have gotten something wrong, or described a tool unfairly, tell us. We would rather fix it than defend it.
One Take is an independent publication. "Truffle" and other product names are trademarks of their respective owners, referenced here for identification only.