Interview Essentials

  Pre-Screening Interviews: An Overview Pre-Screening Interview is a preliminary interviewing tool which can be used to collect standard information about the candidates to find out whether they meet the basic requirements for a job role or not. This step in the hiring process helps to separate out the candidates that have the potential, but doesn’t fulfil the crucial job expectations. Pre-Screening Interviews are conducted to have a better understanding of the candidates before conducting an in-person interview with the candidates. Such type of interviews ensures that only best candidates are shortlisted for an extensive interview, which also saves the time and resources of the company. How to Conduct a Pre-Screening Interview: Choose an Appropriate Interview Format- Pre-screening interviews can be conducted in the form of a phone interview, online assessment/survey, or a video interview. Select a format which suits your hiring objectives. For example, you can conduct a video int...

3 Best Video Interview Software There are various video interviewing software available in the market. But, it depends on the recruiter’s requirements and policies which platform will best suit their company. From a huge list of options, we have shortlisted the best and most efficient software for you to choose from: 1. Spark Hire Spark Hire is a cloud-based easy to use video interviewing platform, launched in 2012 and has become the fastest growing video interviewing platform. Spark Hire’s pre-recorded video interview facilitates users to record, review, and share their completed interviews with the recruiters easily. Companies can customize interviews by recording their own videos or writing questions and allowing the candidates to respond to them on their own time. Live video interviews can also be conducted using a web browser in real-time. It also offers brand customization, ROI analytics, commenting tools, sharing of videos with team members and open-invite interviews that can ...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Pre-Recorded Video Interviews Pre-recorded interviews are a latest trend in the human resource acquisition sector. Most of the companies are shifting from traditional ways of interviewing to video interviews these days. The increasing adoption of pre-recorded interviews has been noticed due to its multifold benefits to both the recruiters and the candidates. These are as follows: FOR RECRUITERS: Advantages: More Time Efficient: Imagine screening 100 candidates in a day. How much time and effort will it require to do so? But thanks to technology. With the advent of one-way video interviews , recruiters can now integrate various steps of the selection process like screening of resumes, phone interviews, etc. in one step, i.e., one-way video interviews. This shortens the hiring process and saves the time and efforts involved of the recruiters. Better Insights about Candidates’ Soft Skills: In pre-recorded interviews, candidates’ soft skills, capabilities,...

5 Best Video Interview Tips to Help You Get Hired  1.     Test Your Technology Always pre-check on your tech- part. Whether it’s your laptop, camera, headphones, microphone, internet connection, or even charging your device, everything should be functioning properly. Preferably, always try to give a video interview through a laptop as they are more convenient and suitable. But, in case, you don’t have one, there’s nothing to worry about. You can always appear in an interview via your mobile phone or smartphone. Today, there is merely anything that you can’t do on your smartphone, and that’s why they are known as smartphones. Although, you might face some technical glitches during the interview, and that’s very normal. So, you need not to be afraid of or hide those issues from your interviewer, instead, you should openly tell him that I’m experiencing such technical problems and then you and your interviewer might collectively find a way out. And, always try to keep a bac...