Tutorial for creating an Interview, selecting a template, and running a real-time interview
Note: Interviews are a real-time environment, where candidates collaborate with interviewers in a code editor, spreadsheet, Jupyter Notebook, or whiteboard. For help incorporating interviewing into your recruiting process, read our expert guide.
To begin, navigate to Interviews.
Then click New interview.
A modal will open with two options:
- On the left, you'll see an option to immediately invite a candidate to the interview with a template pre-loaded.
- On the right, you'll see the option to copy the interview link instead. Use this option if you are planning a future interview and want to include the link in an email, spreadsheet, or calendar invitation. You can also quickly generate another interview link.
The interview will show up as a new row within the Open tab in your interviews table.
If you'd like to preconfigure an interview with multiple questions, create an Interview Template.
To pause and restart an interview at a later date, ensure you have enabled the candidate lobby from your interview default settings:
- If enabled, candidates are required to wait in a lobby until an interviewer lets them in. If the candidate refreshes during an interview or is removed from an interview by an admin, they will be sent to the lobby.
- If disabled, candidates can enter and leave the code editor. This is a good option to give candidates a sandbox to practice in before an interview begins.