Sometimes, it may not be possible to interview a prospective employee face-to-face.
Sometimes, it may not be possible to interview a prospective employee face-to-face. It may be because they’re working remotely, or it could be because of extreme circumstances outside of your own control. Either way, in our digital day and age, it’s important to know how to interview and follow-up with a candidate on a digital basis. This course from HR professional Dari DeSousa will take you through the basics of acquiring talent this way.
You’ll learn about creating a virtual interviewing process, discovering its benefits, its challenges, and evaluating how you can design your current talent acquisition process around one. Then you’ll dive into the interviewing process and learn about its tools, the hiring cycle, the phases of interviewing, scheduling, and interview types. Finally, you’ll see how to process your candidate after the interview by evaluating them, using candidate tracking, and making your final disposition.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the benefits and challenges of interviewing on a virtual basis
- Know what kinds of tools are out there for you to use
- Learn the steps that make up the hiring cycle
- Memorize the different types of interviews
Skills you’ll gain
Interviewing SkillsComputer-Assisted Web InterviewingInternet RecruitingPhone InterviewsTalent AcquisitionVirtual TrainingWhat You'll Learn
- Recognize the benefits and challenges of interviewing candidates on a virtual basis
- Create a virtual interviewing process and design your talent acquisition process around one
- Identify the tools available for conducting virtual interviews
- Walk through the hiring cycle and the phases of the detailed interview process
- Differentiate the various types of interviews, including phone-screening
- Evaluate candidates after the interview using candidate tracking and final disposition
Key Takeaways
- Virtual interviewing is valuable when face-to-face meetings are not possible, such as when candidates work remotely or during extreme circumstances outside your control.
- Creating a virtual interviewing process involves understanding its benefits, its challenges, and how to design your current talent acquisition process around it.
- The interviewing process covers tools, the hiring cycle, the phases of interviewing, scheduling, and interview types.
- Processing a candidate after the interview includes evaluating them, using candidate tracking, and making a final disposition.
- The course is taught by HR professional Dari DeSousa and covers the basics of acquiring talent on a digital basis.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who teaches this course?
The course is taught by HR professional Dari DeSousa.
What does this course cover?
It covers creating a virtual interviewing process, its benefits and challenges, the interviewing process including tools, the hiring cycle, phases of interviewing, scheduling, and interview types, and processing candidates afterward through evaluation, candidate tracking, and final disposition.
Who is this course for?
It is for those who need to interview and follow up with prospective employees on a digital basis, including situations where candidates work remotely or face-to-face interviews are not possible.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will develop skills in interviewing, computer-assisted web interviewing, internet recruiting, phone interviews, talent acquisition, and virtual training.
What types of interviews does the course address?
The course teaches the different types of interviews, including phone-screening, and how to schedule them.
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Welcome to KnowledgeCity's course, Talent Acquisition: Virtual Interviewing. In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of video or virtual candidate screening and interviewing. We'll also examine the benefits of virtual interviewing as it relates to ease of scheduling, convenience, both for the interviewer and applicant, financial savings, and the ability to expand your candidate pool beyond your immediate geographic area. We will focus on creating a structured and effective internal process, interview methods, and candidate evaluation. At the end of this course, you'll be able to create a virtual interview process for your company, prepare your team for effective virtual interviews, and establish applicant disposition and tracking protocols. Let's get started. (gentle music)
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