Optimizing Vocal Video for Hiring
You can record and collect asynchronous video interviews from all your job applicants. Vocal Video makes it easy to view all your applicants’ one-way video interviews on your dashboard:
You can even share video interviews with other members of your hiring team and involve them in the selection process using our collaboration tools and integrations.
Read on for our top tips for optimizing your Vocal Video account for job interviews:
1. Share questions with candidates prior to sending the Collector link
While you can learn a lot by surprising candidates with tricky questions, those work better during in-person interviews later on in the process. We suggest this email sequence:
Subject: Video Interview Process
Dear applicant,
Congratulations for making it to the first step of the screening process.
Here are the details on recording a video - it should take 5-10 minutes altogether. Just click here to record your video: https://vocalvideo.com/c/vocal-video-impact-of-video-testimonials
The 3 questions that we'd like you to answer are:
1. Can you share why you’re interested in this role?
2. Can you (briefly) share about your relevant experience?
3. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Here are a couple of tips:
- Pick a quiet and well lit place.
- Avoid having windows or a light source in the background of your shot since that will create glare.
- Look directly at the camera.
- Relax and be yourself - you'll do great!
Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks again!
2. Tell applicants to watch their response before submitting
Vocal Video allows you to rewatch all your responses before submitting. This limits any issues with sound and video, or network connectivity problems that could have easily been fixed.
3. Use video job interviews with applicants that have passed the preliminary round
The companies that have found the most success in video interviewing have sent Video Collectors to candidates that have made it through preliminary screening. You might get too many responses to sort through if you use it as the very first step in your interview process.
4. Turn off Autogenerate draft videos
When Autogenerate draft videos is on, Vocal Video builds a draft video from every response using your video template. If that template is AI-directed, building each draft spends AI credits. If you don't plan on publishing interview videos, turn it off to save your credits for the videos you do want to make. Collectors you create with the Hiring / Screening option start with it turned off.
Don't want audio responses, only video? Turn off Accept audio responses. Both settings are under Settings in the Collector Editor: Accept audio responses is in the first box of switches, and Autogenerate draft videos is further down, below Public Link.
5. Turn on email notifications
By default, the creator of the Collector will get all the notifications. If another member of your team wants to receive notifications, they can log in and turn them on at any time: open the collector, click the bell next to its name, and switch on Notify me when responses are received.
6. Set up integrations to streamline your interview process
By clicking on Integrations in the Collector Editor you can access all the integration options Vocal Video offers. The most popular integrations for hiring are sending candidate responses to Google Drive and Slack. Here is our complete guide for integrations.
7. Keep an eye on your processing time
Upgrade your plan or purchase additional processing time if needed. Understanding Video Processing explains how it's counted.
FYI: The free plan isn’t enough for a full hiring cycle. It’s meant to give a preview of the experience. We recommend upgrading to a paid plan for more processing time.
Still need help? Contact Support at support@vocalvideo.com