The pandemic situation of 2019-20 has made it necessary for many organizations to change their approach to incorporate virtual workspace culture for their employees working remotely, as work-from-home or remote-work has become a distinct trend. Our views on workplace connectivity and collaboration have changed considerably with the implementation of new workflows, processes, and methodologies to sustain and maintain consistency while delivering performance and productivity.
The pandemic situation of 2019-20 has made it necessary for many organizations to change their approach to incorporate virtual workspace culture for their employees working remotely, as work-from-home or remote-work has become a distinct trend. Our views on workplace connectivity and collaboration have changed considerably with the implementation of new workflows, processes, and methodologies to sustain and maintain consistency while delivering performance and productivity.
Video Interview:
When many companies have slowed their hiring plans and reduced staff and overheads to minimize their expenditure, a few companies are continuing to grow and are using technology to conduct video interviews virtually and hire the best talent available. Companies are overcoming the necessity for an office, in-person meetings, or frequent business travel by using these video applications to perform the same virtually. Many organizations that are not familiar with these technologies are facing challenges, with their recruiting process.
For organizations incorporating video interviewing into their hiring process, they can save the recruiting team many workhours that are spent for candidate sourcing, and phone screening. This reduces the risk of losing qualified talent to companies that are leveraging the latest technologies in their hiring process. It can significantly save on the transportation costs of candidates flying in for interviews.
Prevent Schedule Issues
Sometimes the interview process becomes both time-consuming and stressful for candidates and recruiters alike. Recruiters need to maintain proper communication, manage timing schedules for the interview while fulfilling their other responsibilities parallelly.
Video interviews, relieve the issues associated with this aspect of the hiring process, allowing candidates to answer questions at a mutually convenient time. Based on these interview responses, hiring managers and their team can review the videos when it is conducive as per their schedule. Using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) tool to schedule such interviews can streamline and manage this process efficiently.
Create a New Interview Experience
Video interview provides a better first-round screening experience because it is scheduled according to the candidate’s convenience. In this process, the candidate does not have to take time off or travel a lot to make it possible. Further, candidates can answer questions comfortably from the comfort of their homes and at a time of their choice.
A busy employee may not be able to schedule their time to come in for a screening. However, they usually have no issues with taking 15 or 20 minutes to record video interviews in their comfort zones.
Reduce Time and Effort
Generally, the traditional first-round or face-to-face interview is very time-consuming. A video call interview or a pre-recorded video can save the hiring manager and the recruiting team valuable time that can be focused on other important tasks.
During a traditional face-to-face interview, when a candidate comes in, usually some amount of time is dedicated to small talk at the beginning or at the end of the interview. This time is saved as based on pre-defined criteria the process is completed quickly, efficiently using technology to achieve the objective virtually without any physical presence.
Virtually Evaluate Candidates
A Video interview enables the hiring manager to see the body language of a candidate, facial expressions, spoken responses, and overall appearance. The hiring manager through this visual screening will get a better idea of how well the candidate will be a good fit for the company based on their appearance and presentation during the video interview.
With a video interview, better hiring decisions can be made in the quickest possible time. The whole recruiting team can be a part of the virtual process to increase their overall experience. Decisions can be made by the recruiting team after carefully evaluating video responses to rank, compare, and comment on candidates quickly.
Maintain Interviews Consistency
Many hiring managers try to screen candidates by asking the same questions repeatedly, and it is easy to forget a particular point or lose track of the sequence. This may cause every applicant to have a different interview experience. It is challenging to determine which candidate is the best fit for the role, due to a lack of consistency during the interview process.
Video interviews eliminate this issue, making it extremely easy to maintain consistency throughout the interview process. The pre-defined set of questions for every candidate and their responses can be visually compared and scrutinized minutely saving precious decision-making time. There is a single record of the candidate responses, so the whole team involved in the hiring process has the same experience without any contradictions.
