Candidate Interviews

A candidate interview is a formal meeting to evaluate the qualifications and work experience of candidates and move them through the candidate selection process.

You can schedule, modify, and cancel interviews with candidates directly in Recruiting. Attendees invited to a meeting receive an interview notification by email and they can add the meeting to their calendars. Each time an interview is scheduled, updated, or canceled in Recruiting, an email message is sent to selected attendees.

Let's look at the main steps of a candidate interview.

A recruiter wants to interview a candidate for a job. The recruiter finds the candidate file, opens it, and choose the Schedule an Interview action in the More Actions list. The recruiter enter details about the interview such as the organizer, location, date, time, and duration, and invites the people who will attend the interview (the candidate and the interviewers). 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 if you want. You can send the candidate file and requisition file to the interview attendees but not the candidate.

The candidate, the meeting organizer, and the interviewers receive the interview meeting invitation by email and they can add the invitation directly into their calendars. If the candidate has no email address, the interview organizer can print the invitation and send it to the candidate by fax or regular mail.

After the interview is scheduled, you can view the interview details in the Interviews tab.