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•The top 3 ranked criteria for urology residency interview selection were letters of recommendation, clerkship grades, and USMLE Step 1 score.•The most common areas of formal interview training for faculty interviewers were diversity equity and inclusion (55%), implicit bias (66%), and review of the Society of Academic Urologists guidelines on illegal questions (83%).•Over half (51%) of program directors (PDs) believed that they were able to accurately represent their training program through the virtual platform, whereas 51% felt that virtual interview (VI) did not afford the ability to similarly assess the applicant as in-person interviews.•Focusing on the impact of the VI platform for recruitment of underrepresented minorities (URM) and female gender applicants, 15% and 24% reported improved visibility respectively for their program, and 24% and 11% reported increased ability to interview URM and female gender applicants respectively.•In-person interviews were reported to be preferred by 42% of urology residency PDs, and 51% of PDs desired VIs to be included in future years.