Thursday, February 7, 2008

Virtual Recruiting

Technology has changed a lot of how we communicate in today’s world, but online job interviews? That's insane. I guess if you think about it though a lot of companies do phone interviews before they actually interview in person. This is just the next step in how our communication in the business world is changing.

A good point made in the article is that you can use the back space button while doing your interview this way; this is something you cannot do in real life. Being able to reword an answer and use the back-space makes the online interview seem more relaxed. For the most part the employers are looking for the same thing they would look for in an in-person interview. Although, this way allows you to be a bit more creative than you could be in person.

For the most part it still takes the same preparations for an online interview as it would for an in-person interview. This way just allows room for more creativity and relaxation. To me this is a more personal way of doing a phone interview because it could be used for the first round selections.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think it would be hard to find out all you need to know on the phone or through a virtual interview. Hopefully, most companies would still want to meet their candidates face-to-face first.