updated

app.py

@@ -1886,10 +1886,12 @@ with gr.Blocks(theme=gr.themes.Soft()) as demo:
         last_q = state["questions"][-1]
         q_eval = state["question_evaluations"][-1]
         ref_answer = generate_reference_answer(last_q, data["job_role"], data["seniority"])
-        answer_eval = evaluate_answer(
-            last_q, transcript, ref_answer,
-            data["job_role"], data["seniority"]
+        answer_eval = await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(
+            executor,
+            evaluate_answer,
+            last_q, transcript, ref_answer, data["job_role"], data["seniority"]
         )
+
         state["answer_evaluations"].append(answer_eval)
         answer_score = answer_eval.get("Score", "medium") if answer_eval else "medium"