Videointerview for selection

The time of the interview is the key point in a personnel selection process. Not only because it is the first source of direct contact between the candidate and the company, but because it is the space in which both parties can determine if they have actually found what they were looking for. This meeting is crucial both for candidates, who must demonstrate the quality of their profile in a few minutes, and for interviewers, who must evaluate the candidate's abilities, abilities and knowledge to determine if they are a good addition to the team.

Today, thanks to digitalization, we are experiencing numerous changes with respect to this process. The face-to-face interview has been left behind and now the trend is video interviews. This evolution not only responds to the need to adapt to a more connected and flexible world, but it also offers a series of significant advantages for both sides of the selection process.

What are video interviews?

A job video interview is a recruitment technique that allows a candidate to be evaluated or interviewed remotely, that is, remotely, where the interviewer and the interviewee are in different geographical locations. Generally, this interview is conducted following the same canons as in traditional meetings.

The key difference lies in the use of electronic devices connected in real time. In addition, there is the option of conducting deferred interviews.

Deferred video interview.

With the deferred interview, we refer to a type of video interview in which the candidate records his answers to the questions at the time he decides and then shares them with the company. This is very useful because it provides a lot of flexibility.

Advantages of deferred video interviews:

1. Agility of the process: There is no need to balance the candidate's schedule with that of the recruiter, which speeds up the selection process.

2. Higher quality: They allow us to better understand the candidate's personality and communication skills.

3. Increased collaboration: The entire HR team can access to watch the video interview, facilitating collaborative decision-making.

4. Easy decision-making: By having continuous access to the interviews along with the rest of the candidate's information, detailed evaluation is facilitated.

AI as an evaluative complement.

If asynchronous video interviews already provide multiple advantages for selection processes, the introduction of AI in information analysis takes these benefits to a new level. The AI can transcribe everything the candidate says into text, generate summaries with the key points of the interview and analyze the candidates' abilities. In this way, the recruiter will have access to information in a more comfortable way and will be able to make more informed decisions backed by data.

Digitalization and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing the personnel selection process. Video interviews, especially in their asynchronous form, together with the analytical capabilities of AI, are transforming the way in which companies find and select talent, ensuring more agile, collaborative and effective processes.

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