AI面接官 (VARIETAS) AI features and pricing (October 2026)

AI面接官 (AI Interviewer) by VARIETAS is a Japanese recruiting service in which an AI reads candidates' entry sheets and conducts first-round interviews. It then scores candidates on the trade ministry's framework of basic workplace skills for the recruiters.

VARIETAS, founded in 2019 and based in Shinagawa, Tokyo, offers AI面接官 mainly to large Japanese employers for graduate recruiting. The service covers document screening, the first interview and its evaluation, while pass or fail decisions stay with the employer's recruiters. Customers announced by the company include Kirin Holdings, Lawson, Mitsubishi Chemical, Idemitsu Kosan, AGC and JR East. VARIETAS raised 600 million yen in a Series A round in March 2025, co-led by ALL STAR SAAS FUND and Global Brain, and filed a patent application for the service in January 2025. The website and all public material are in Japanese.

• Evaluates entry sheetsThe AI reads the entry sheet, the standard written application in Japanese graduate hiring, and evaluates it as the document screening step. Recruiters no longer have to read every sheet before deciding who moves on, which removes a bottleneck in high-volume graduate seasons.
• Conducts first-round interviewsThe AI interviewer runs the first interview itself and asks follow-up questions tailored to the entry sheet and to each answer in real time. Candidates get a conversational interview, and the vendor names high candidate satisfaction as a strength of this design.
• Scores on a government skills frameworkAnswers are rated on the 12 elements of basic workplace skills defined by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, each on 41 levels according to the company's profile on the HR portal Nihon no Jinjibu. Recruiters receive this multi-angle rating together with the recorded interview data for their own decision.

• Scores on a public government framework, the trade ministry's basic workplace skills, which recruiters and candidates can look up.
• Covers document screening and the first interview in one service, aimed at large-scale graduate recruiting in Japan.
• Enterprise customers such as JR East, Kirin Holdings, Lawson and AGC are named in the vendor's own press releases.

VARIETAS is based in Tokyo, works in Japanese only and names large Japanese customers such as JR East, Kirin, Lawson and AGC.

VARIETAS publishes no prices, hosting location or security certificates on its product website, so request them in writing. In Japan, the APPI governs candidate data, and amendments with a new fine system are expected around 2027. The AI Promotion Act relies on non-binding guidelines that recommend bias testing and human oversight. Ask how the 41-level scores were validated and document that recruiters make the final decision.

• APPI under review, amendments expected by 2027
• AI Promotion Act favors guidelines over hard rules
• No works councils, but Article 36 agreements cover many workplaces

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