Candidate Interviews

Candidate Interview

A candidate interview is a formal meeting to evaluate the qualifications and work experience of a candidate.

You can schedule, update, and cancel interviews with candidates. Here's how the candidate interview scheduling feature basically works.

As a recruiter, you want to interview a candidate for a job. For that, the candidate must be at the right interview step/status. Select the candidate file and choose the Schedule an Interview action in the More Actions list. You then enter details about the interview such as the location, data and time, and duration of the interview. You also invite people who will attend the interview. The hiring manager of the requisition is invited by default. If the meeting organizer is the hiring manager, the recruiter is invited instead. An interview invitation is sent to the attendees. The most appropriate invitation message template is selected by the system based on the requisition's Organization, Location, Job Field structure and the application language. You can select another notification. When you have entered all the interview details, you can send the interview invitation. The candidate, the meeting organizer, and the attendees receive the interview invitation by email and they can add the invitation directly into their calendars.

You can update the interview meeting by changing the attendees, the schedule, or other information. You can also cancel it if needed.

Schedule an Interview

You can schedule a candidate interview for a job.

The candidate must be at an interview step.

Select the candidate file.
In the More Actions menu, select Schedule an Interview.
Enter details about the interview such as the location, date, time, and duration. You can also set a reminder for the interviewers.
Click Next.
Invite the people who will attend the interview. The hiring manager of the requisition is invited by default. If the meeting organizer is the hiring manager, the recruiter is invited instead.
You can also decide to invite or not the candidate.
An interview invitation is sent to the attendees. The most appropriate invitation message template is selected by the system based on the requisition's Organization, Location, Job Field structure and the application language. You can select another notification.
You can send the candidate file and requisition file to the interview attendees but not the candidate.
Click Preview to see how the interview request looks like. You can also print it.
Click Next.
Review the details of the interview.
Click Submit.

After the interview is scheduled, you can view interview basic details in the summary card and History tab.

Modify an Interview

You modify the interview meeting by changing the attendees, the schedule, or other information.

Select the candidate file.
In the More Actions menu, select Update an Interview.
Change details about the interview such as the location, date, time, and duration. You can also set a reminder for the interviewers.
Click Next.
Invite the people who will attend the interview.
You can decide to invite or not the candidate.
An interview invitation is sent to the attendees. The most appropriate invitation message template is selected by the system based on the requisition's Organization, Location, Job Field structure and the application language. You can select another notification.
You can send the candidate file and requisition file to the interview attendees but not the candidate.
Click Preview to see how the interview request looks like. You can also print it.
Click Next.
Review the details of the interview.
Click Submit.

Cancel an Interview

You cancel a candidate interview when you no longer feels the interview is required.

Select the candidate file.
In the More Actions menu, select Cancel the Interview.
Choose if you want to send a notification to inform the attendees that the interview is canceled.
Click Cancel Interview.