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So your looking to hire the best people and you know that the best way to ensure you are not wasting time is to effectively screen candidates. Telephone interviews are used a way to filter out candidates who recruiters feel are unsuitable based upon the job description, personality fit and experience required. Typically the hiring manager will have a set list of questions that they will ask each applicant.
However for a business Telephone interviewing or screening is probably one of the most inefficient methods what’s more candidates also hate them.
Five Things That Hurt A Business That Uses Telephone Screening Interviews:
1.Scheduling can be a nightmare
Candidates who are working find it difficult to find the best place and time to be part of the process. Recruiters are left with missed appointments or worse no opportunity to speak to applicants. Time-consuming appointment scheduling and matching availability will extend the time spent on the screening process.
2.Finding the right staff to conduct the interviews
It’s a fact that large-scale recruitment requires additional staff to conduct telephone interviews. Recruiting to recruit is a costly situation and telephone interviewing creates additional workload that will require a huge amount of time
3. Restricting applicant’s risks missing out on the best talent
We can see telephone interviewing is a huge task and it makes sense that most recruiters will need to restrict the number of applicants. This results in reducing the pool of applicants and opens up the high possibility of missing out on the best people to hire
4. Lack of transparency
Despite many organizations using the same questions to screen candidates, telephone interviewing lacks transparency. It’s very unlikely that these interactions are recorded and what’s more almost impossible to share with colleagues for joint decisions.
5. Candidates will not be at their best
Businesses using telephone interviewing miss out on a person’s personality, communication style and do not see the real person behind the voice. What’s more interviews taken whilst rushing between appointments on a mobile risks distractions and therefore applicants will not be at there best.
Common telephone interview mistakes
A common mistake people make when on a telephone interview is that they start to waffle. It’s easy to do, when you can’t see the recruiter’s face it’s tricky to gauge what they’re thinking! But don’t worry about silences on the call, it’s not your job to fill them, feel comfortable to stop talking when you have made your point.
People can make the common mistake of thinking that the interview is less formal when it takes place on the phone, but it’s important that you treat it in the exact same way that you would a face-to-face interview. Dress smart, keep it professional, and make sure you’re fully prepared. Read more at https://www.jobsite.co.uk/worklife/top-10-tips-succeed-telephone-interviews-10080/
Video Interview Software
The future is using technology and platforms such as employertube.com. Here video technology is used to optimize the entire process.
Pre recorded interviews
Statistics from http://www.humanresourcestoday.com
Show that Candidates (54%) say scheduling an interview at a convenient time is paramount. Pre recorded interviews are created by the recruiter in a few moments and applicants are invited to the recorded video interview via email or a special link. This stops all the scheduling and costly need for additional staff. HR or recruitment staff simply review all the responses from an online dashboard. Employertube also allows you to share interviews, rate each candidate and award scores helping to sort the best performers. Video interviews can be downloaded and kept for compliance and training purposes
Live Interviews
Conduct live video interviews to further screen your applicants so that you spend the most time on the best talent. Invite several members
