Top 5 Hiring Tips To Shortlist A Perfect Candidate Through A Video Interview
By: Anchit Agarwal
Tags: Recruitment, Senior Level Recruitment, Consultancy, Hiring Tips

Due pandemic, technology played a key role in organizational operations. And same follows with the hiring process as employers were keen to hire candidates without considering the geographical boundaries. Hence interview or screening on video call came in to the picture, but there were many problems associated with it. Let’s discuss some ways that can help you to hire a right candidate over a video meeting/interview.

A video interview is usually taken by employers in the following situations:

● When hiring candidates from different time zones than the hiring team members.

● To speed up the hiring process in a short frame of time to gain quick results.

● When employers are looking for skills and personalities beyond grades or medals.

● Assessing a candidate’s actual capabilities and skillsets.

● Hiring remotely, to build or expand the team.

You have to give your 100% to get the maximum out of your employee hunt, and to ease the process for you, AIM Multiskills are at your services! Well-known result-oriented senior level recruitment consultants in Delhi.

Types of Video Interviews:

There are two main categories for this.

Two-way video interview:The typical type of video of the interview, when both the candidate and interviewer login into a video call and have a real-time discussion.

● The hiring team is in a different location than the candidate.

● The interviewer is taking interviews with many candidates at the same time.

● To save the time spent in interviewing each candidate separately.

● When the company works remotely without any physically available office.

2. One-way video interview: It’s pre-recorded videos where candidates can introduce themselves and answer the pre-assigned questions the video needs to submit to the company, the shortlisted candidates have to face another round of cross-questioning, it takes place to verify the submitted video details and it will be also used for future references.

Simple tips for HRs for effective hiring through a video interview

Prepare Questions: some of the most asked interview questions can be beneficial to take up in your list such as:

● Introduce yourself briefly.

● Why you have applied for this job?

● Your motivations and future plans?

● Why do you think we should hire you?

● Your highest accomplishment to date?

● Something about yourself that is not into your CV?

● Do you have any questions?

It will be an easy way to access the candidate without missing any point to discuss. 2–3 minutes per question would be enough time for the interview.

2. Check Out Tech & Equipment (Both Sides):

It’s advisable to spend 5–10 minutes to check the functioning of all the devices like microphones, screen functioning, and WiFi connections to assure no interruption during the interview, inform the candidates same for better convenience on both sides.

3.Maintain Eye Contact: It’s one of the most underrated factors and usually overlooked by the hiring team, the eye contact assures the confidence between both the interviewer and the candidate, it built reliability between teams, and assures the authenticity and truthfulness of the aspirant answers.

4.Skill Assessment With A Polite Tone: It’s a human tendency to have a solid invoice change when given the authority to access the best talent, most recruiters switch their tone rough to the profession usually known as corporate tone. While it’s essential to keep the business standards, it’s equally important to deal with it with a polite voice, if only for skills and personal assessment.

5.Be Cooperative / Tolerant: Cooperation is the key to building a strong trust within the team, sometimes even after all these preparations and efforts the candidates got nervous during the interview process and lose track, or some technical errors occurs like network issues or dysfunctioning of devices during the interview. With a small amount of cooperation, the interviewer can allow the potential candidate a small break of 5–10 minutes to calm down themselves or resolve the technical errors. The basic human courtesy and consideration will definitely be a strong pillar for brightening up the company’s reputation and status amongst the upcoming job applicants in the company.

For making your process easy with assured of results, then contact AIM Multiskills, one of the top senior level recruitment consultants in Delhi.