---
title: "Retrieve an interview session"
method: GET
path: "/v1/interview_sessions/{interview_session_id}"
tags: ["Scheduling"]
---

# Retrieve an interview session

`GET /v1/interview_sessions/{interview_session_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.yardstick.team`
- URL: `https://api.yardstick.team/v1/interview_sessions/{interview_session_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Retrieve an interview session

**Required scopes:** `interview_sessions:read`

Read-only. Returns a redacted session envelope scoped by application org and mode. `interview_version_id` is a public `iv_...` display id when present, and scorecard criteria come from the session-bound version.

**Example (curl):**

```bash
curl https://api.yardstick.team/v1/interview_sessions/is_abc123 \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ys_sk_live_…'
```

**Example (TypeScript):**

```ts
await fetch("https://api.yardstick.team/v1/interview_sessions/is_abc123", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.YS_API_KEY}` },
}).then((r) => r.json());
```

## Path parameters

- `interview_session_id` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Response `200`

Success

- InterviewSession
  - `object` 'interview_session', required
  - `id` string, required: Display id, e.g. `is_<base32>`.
  - `application_id` string, required: Display id, e.g. `app_<base32>`.
  - `interview_plan_id` string, nullable, required: Display id of the bound interview plan, e.g. `ipd_<base32>`.
  - `round` object, required
    - `id` string, required: Stable interview-plan round id.
    - `title` string, nullable, required: Trusted stored round title.
  - `status` string, nullable, required
  - `booking_status` string, nullable, required
  - `scheduled_at` string, nullable, required: ISO-8601 UTC
  - `scheduled_end_at` string, nullable, required: ISO-8601 UTC
  - `scheduled_timezone` string, nullable, required: IANA timezone that preserves the scheduled wall-time intent, or null when the source did not provide an authoritative zone.
  - `started_at` string, nullable, required: ISO-8601 UTC
  - `completed_at` string, nullable, required: ISO-8601 UTC
  - `meeting_link` string, nullable, required
  - `meeting_location` string, nullable, required
  - `interview_version_id` string, nullable, required: Display id of the assigned interview version, e.g. `iv_<base32>`.
  - `scorecard_criteria` unknown[], required
    - unknown
  - `livemode` boolean, required
  - `created_at` string, required: ISO-8601 UTC
  - `updated_at` string, required: ISO-8601 UTC

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request
- `401`: Authentication failure
- `403`: Permission denied (scope or feature flag)
- `404`: Resource not found. The error uses the resource-specific code and param names the exact body field or path parameter that referenced it.
- `409`: Conflict (e.g. idempotency key reuse with different body)
- `429`: Rate limited
- `500`: Internal error

---

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