> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.hirify.fr/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Record an in-person interview

> Scan a QR code and record a face-to-face interview with your phone's microphone

For a face-to-face interview, Hirify generates a QR code. You scan it with a phone and record from the page that opens. There's nothing to install.

## Generate the QR code

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Dashboard">
    In the **Start an interview** row, click **In person**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name the interview">
    Fill in the **Interview title**. The field suggests an example: "e.g. Interview with Alice Martin".
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the number of participants">
    The **Participants** menu goes from **1 person** to **5 people**. It helps Hirify separate the voices.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Generate">
    The window shows "Your QR code is ready".
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Open the recording page on the phone

Scan the QR code with the phone's camera. The recording page opens in the browser.

Two other options appear under the QR code:

* **Open**: opens the page directly in a new tab, on the computer.
* **Copy link**: copies the address to the clipboard so you can send it to another device.

The **New** button takes you back to the form to generate another QR code. **Done** closes the window.

## Record

On the phone, the page shows the interview title and your name.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose the microphone">
    The **Microphone** menu lists the available audio inputs. The browser asks for permission to use the microphone. Allow it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start recording">
    Tap **Start recording**. A waveform and a timer appear.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pause if needed">
    **Pause** stops the capture and **Resume** starts it again. The "Saved automatically" label means the recording is kept on the device as the interview goes on.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Stop at the end">
    **Stop** ends the capture and starts the upload. A progress bar shows how far along it is, then the page confirms "Recording sent" and "Transcribing".
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Keep the page open and the screen unlocked for the whole recording and during the upload. On an iPhone, the page suggests turning off auto-lock in **Settings → Display → Auto-Lock → Never**.
</Warning>

## Resume an interrupted recording

The recording page keeps what it captured. Two situations are handled when you reopen it.

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Previous recording detected">
    A recording was cut off before the end. The page offers **Recover** to pick it up again or **Start new** to start over.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Previous upload pending">
    The recording is complete but the upload didn't go through. The page offers **Retry upload**, **Download** to get the audio file, or **Delete**.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

After a successful upload, the **Download recording** button stays available on the page.

## Find the interview in Hirify

The interview is created as soon as the QR code is generated. Until a recording is sent, it sits with no status at the bottom of the **Interviews** list. It joins the normal flow once the upload is done. In the filters, it falls under the **Recording** type.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Find and track" href="/en/interviews/find-and-track">
    The statuses and filters of the list.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Identify speakers" href="/en/interviews/identify-speakers">
    Name the voices after transcription.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Good to know

* A recording shorter than one minute isn't transcribed. The page says so on the phone, and the interview shows **Too short** in the list.
* The number of participants helps separate the voices. It isn't a limit. The menu stops at five people, but one more speaker doesn't block the recording.
* The quality of the phone's microphone determines the quality of the transcript. Place the device between the speakers, at an equal distance from each.
* An in-person interview isn't linked to any calendar event. It doesn't appear in the **Calendar**.
* If a single interview was split into two recordings, you can combine them. See [Merge two interviews](/en/interviews/merge-two-interviews).
* Industry terms and your organization's proper names are transcribed better if you've added them. See [Improve transcripts](/en/getting-started/improve-transcripts).