Main idea is that instead of reading all the info someone wrote about themselves and that in many companies HR department will not even read,
You can set the question you would like to hear about the candidate and let them record an answers just for them, plus you will have ability to share it with other people in you department
The questions part comes after the CV usually.
What would be the difference in writing them instead?
The purpose of having a conversation is to interact with a person to get a sense how it is working at that company.
If this can't be done, I'd rather do it with text, at least I can copy-paste fast.
Main idea is that instead of reading all the info someone wrote about themselves and that in many companies HR department will not even read,
You can set the question you would like to hear about the candidate and let them record an answers just for them, plus you will have ability to share it with other people in you department