Hiring across India often means interviewing candidates in several languages. A customer-support team may need Hindi, Tamil and Bengali. Another role may need someone who can move between Hindi and English while explaining their work. An AI interviewer has to handle those conversations, ask useful follow-up questions and give the hiring team a report they can read.
Language coverage is surprisingly hard to compare. Vendors advertise 12, 30 or 42 languages, but those totals rarely tell you whether Punjabi, Odia or Assamese is included. This comparison looks at eight AI interview tools against the same 16 languages for Indian hiring, including English and English (India).
Quick Answer: Which Tools Support Which Languages?
Fabric is our first choice for broad Indian-language coverage. It supports all 16 options in this comparison, including switching languages within an interview. Eklavvya and IntervueBox also name several regional languages, with different coverage across Bengali and Kannada.
| Language | Fabric | Eklavvya | IntervueBox | Zeko | Talview Ivy | HireVue | Alex | HirePro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| English | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| English (India) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Marathi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Punjabi | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Tamil | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Bengali | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Gujarati | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Kannada | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Malayalam | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Odia | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Assamese | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Urdu | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Nepali | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Sindhi | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Overall Coverage | 100%16 of 16 | 31.25%5 of 16 | 31.25%5 of 16 | 12.5%2 of 16 | 12.5%2 of 16 | 6.25%1 of 16 | 0%0 of 16 | 0%0 of 16 |
The 8 Tools, Ranked for Indian-Language Hiring
The order prioritises named language coverage, followed by support for conversations that use more than one language. It compares suitability for this specific hiring need; a vendor's worldwide language total is not an Indian-language score.
1. Fabric
Fabric supports 16 languages for Indian hiring, including English and English (India): Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Assamese, Urdu, Nepali and Sindhi, alongside the two English options. Globally, Fabric supports 86 languages. Its language directory gives hiring teams a page for each option.
Languages within the interview: Candidates can use multiple languages in the same conversation, including Hindi-English switching. A candidate can explain a sales situation in Hindi and use the English terms they normally use at work without having to begin a separate interview.
Interview formats: Fabric covers conversational interviews, live coding, sales roleplay interviews and phone screening. Teams can use these formats for developers, salespeople and operations staff.
Results in the reviewer’s language: Candidates can interview in one supported language while recruiters and hiring managers read the results in the language they choose. English is the default for results.
Fabric also works on slow internet connections and lets candidates resume after a network interruption. For teams sending interviews across several locations, those features help candidates finish the conversation they started.
Its starter AI interview plan starts at INR 25,000, with other pricing available on quote. India data hosting is the default for customers headquartered in India.
2. Eklavvya
Eklavvya names Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali for interviews. It also describes regional-language reports.
Its website advertises 30+ Indian and global languages, but does not provide the full list of interview languages. The five named regional languages account for 31.25% of the 16 options compared here.
A large language count without a complete list is a red flag for buyers. A tool can advertise broad multilingual coverage while naming only a few languages relevant to Indian hiring. Ask for the full list of selectable interview languages before buying on the strength of the headline number.
3. IntervueBox
IntervueBox names Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi within its 12+ interview languages. It describes language-specific voices and a voice preview before launch, so a hiring team can hear the selected interviewer before sending invitations.
The interview can follow a structured skills assessment or a shorter check against the role's basic requirements. Questions can come from the employer's bank, AI generation or a mix of both, with follow-ups based on the candidate's answers.
IntervueBox and Eklavvya name the same number of regional interview languages in this comparison, but their lists differ. IntervueBox explicitly names Kannada; Eklavvya explicitly names Bengali. For Kannada interviews, IntervueBox is the documented option of these two; for Bengali, it is Eklavvya.
4. Zeko's Avya
Zeko names Hindi and Tamil in its description of Avya. Those are relevant options for teams recruiting across northern and southern India.
Zeko also makes a broad claim that Avya speaks all languages. That statement does not give a hiring team a list of selectable interview languages or explain which regional variants are available. For a role requiring Hindi or Tamil, Avya belongs in the comparison. For a wider deployment, get the remaining language choices confirmed.
5. Talview Ivy
Talview Ivy explicitly names Hindi and English for interviews. These cover two of the 16 options in this comparison. Its product page does not name the other regional languages in the table.
Globally, Ivy advertises 42 languages, with examples including Spanish, French, German and Japanese. That is a worldwide total, not a count of Indian languages.
Ivy covers behavioural, competency and technical interviews. Employers can customise its interviewer persona, and the product is part of Talview's wider assessment and proctoring offering. It is relevant to organisations buying a broader hiring system or interviewing in India and overseas.
6. HireVue AI Interviewer
HireVue's AI Interviewer names English, French, Spanish and Portuguese among its languages. It offers conversational follow-ups and lets employers customise questions and scoring rubrics.
English is the confirmed match in this table. HireVue's wider platform has localisation and assessment capabilities, but those do not automatically describe the languages available in this autonomous interview product. It is a more straightforward comparison for an English-language hiring process than for a brief that requires several named Indian languages.
7. Alex
Alex says its interviewer can switch languages based on the candidate's preference. Its website advertises 30 supported languages overall, and it offers video, phone and chat interviews.
The switching feature is relevant to multilingual hiring. The missing piece for this comparison is the regional-language list: the checked product pages do not enumerate which of the 16 options are supported. Alex ranks lower here because a hiring team cannot map its stated coverage to this particular requirement from those pages alone.
8. HirePro
HirePro's AI Recruiter covers interviews across technical and non-technical roles. It describes adaptive follow-up questions, live captions, coding assessments and reports backed by transcripts and recordings.
Its AI Recruiter page does not publish a named interview-language list. Captions can help a candidate follow a conversation, but they do not establish that the interviewer can conduct that conversation in Tamil, Punjabi or Marathi. HirePro remains relevant to employers considering its wider hiring workflow; regional-language availability needs a direct product answer.
Interview Language and Report Language
A candidate may give a strong interview in Tamil while the hiring manager reads only English. The hiring team still needs to understand the answers, review the score and decide whether to invite that person to the next round.
Fabric supports separate interview and results languages. A candidate can interview in Tamil while a recruiter or hiring manager reads the results in English, or another language they choose. Results default to English. The candidate does not need to repeat the interview to change the reviewer’s language.
What the report contains: A summary, a scorecard and a full transcript serve different purposes. An English summary can explain the recommendation, but a recruiter may also need to inspect the answer behind a particular score. Check which of those items is translated and whether the original answer remains available.
Eklavvya also describes regional-language reports, but does not enumerate the available reporting languages on its interview page.
For the wider buying criteria, including device access, connectivity and integrations, see our guide to choosing AI interview software in India. Our nine-tool India comparison covers those differences in more detail.
Our Recommendation for Indian-Language Interviews
Fabric has the widest named coverage across the 16 options in this comparison, with language switching and several interview formats in the same product. It is our recommendation for a team hiring across multiple Indian languages, especially when the list includes Odia, Assamese, Urdu, Nepali or Sindhi.
Eklavvya and IntervueBox each name five regional interview languages. Fabric covers all 16 options and lets recruiters and hiring managers choose a results language independently of the interview. That gives a team hiring across several regions one platform for both the candidate’s conversation and the reviewer’s assessment.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which AI interviewer supports the most languages for Indian hiring in this comparison?
Fabric supports all 16 options compared here, including English and English (India), and 86 languages globally. Its documented coverage is 100% of the options in the table.
Can a candidate switch between Hindi and English during an AI interview?
Yes. Fabric supports multiple languages within the same interview, including Hindi-English switching.
Do 30 or 40 supported languages mean a tool covers all major Indian languages?
No. A global list can include European and East Asian languages while omitting a language required for an Indian hiring role. Compare the named interview languages against the locations and roles you recruit for.
Can a recruiter read an English report from an interview conducted in another language?
Yes. With Fabric, a candidate can interview in one supported language while the recruiter or hiring manager reads the results in a language they choose. English is the default for results.
Does Fabric work on slow internet connections?
Yes. Fabric supports interviews on slow internet connections and lets candidates resume after a network interruption. A coding interview still needs a suitable device for writing and running code.