Tips to Enhance the Virtual Job Interview
The world is changing. Technology is changing how companies do things. For example, many company functions are being handled virtually as more employee’s transition to working from home.
If you are a human resource
manager, you may be facing various challenges with working from home or
managing employees that are working off-site. One of the biggest challenges HR
functions face with the distance-working trend is carrying out virtual job
interviews. Below are some tips to help enhance the virtual job interview
process and ensure you select the right candidate for the role you are
recruiting for.
1. Specify The Process For The Interviews:
Virtual job interviews may be
less formal than in-person interviews. However, they should be viewed with the
same seriousness as in-person interviews. It is therefore even more important
to have set policies and procedures for the virtual interview process. Let your
team know how these interviews will be carried out. This includes the
technology to be used, documentation, timings, and other factors. This will help
to guide the interview process and avoid confusion.
2. Set Up Your Technology:
What videoconferencing tools will
you be using? Do you have a backup option? Run tests to ensure that everyone is
familiar with the technology. Do a video test run prior to interviews to ensure
everything is working? Ask candidates to do the same prior to maximize the
interview experience.
3. Consider Investing in Real Time Emotion Recognition:
Interviews are not only about the
verbal responses given by the candidate. There’s a lot of information that
interviewers gather from visual cues that are non-verbal. These include changes
in facial expression when asked questions. Using real time emotion recognition can help you pick up on these cues. A
light face recognition Java Script can be incorporated into the video
conferencing tool without compromising the interview experience.
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