interview process

In a previous post, I wrote about the transition from agency headhunting to corporate recruiting. But it was only when I first became a hiring manager (newly-minted recruiting manager), that I finally experienced a complete view of the hiring process. Only then did I understand the opportunity for better interview communication among candidates, recruiters and […]

Great Job, Jan Day one of the Greenhouse Open event in San Francisco was chock-full of great recruiting tips and takeaways. But what made me jump out of bed at 3:30 am this morning, was something during an awesome presentation by Jan Fiegel, Head of Recruiting at Oscar Insurance. Jan was presenting the importance of structured job interviews. […]

Introducing.. The Recruiter Huddle. After a day of back-to-back phone screens, have a quick stand-up (or sit down) with your immediate recruiting squad, to review the day’s candidate conversations. For the first time ever… recruiters can quickly share a few audio excerpts from the day’s phone screens for feedback and to review the highs and lows (good […]

  How many phone interviews does it take to hire someone? Today’s phone interview experience has become a nightmare for candidates, hiring managers and recruiters alike. Why so many redundant phone conversations to get to the root of a candidate’s qualifications?  How did we get to this?  Roles and job requirements are becoming increasingly specialized. It’s […]

We’re excited to announce our latest HONEiT integration with iCIMS! Now 3000+ companies using iCIMS can bring real-time phone interview data into their ATS candidate records. With a couple of clicks, recruiters can easily schedule, phone screen and share live candidate data and phone interview insights from their daily candidate conversations. Unlike existing one-way interview […]

Similar to describing taste or flavors, the ability for a recruiter to articulate what stood out on a phone screen, will never compare with a hiring manager hearing a candidate’s answer for themselves.

Last year, the image below was making its rounds on social media. It’s an excellent visualization of how even a simple solid object can be seen from unique perspectives. Getting two parties to agree on whether this was a cube or a cylinder, would be nearly impossible. Candidates are complex. When I think about today’s interview process to […]

Staffing agency recruiters and internal corporate recruiters have a lot in common. While the incentive structures are different, at the end of the day, both professionals are motivated to source, screen and submit the best candidates to their clients. It’s really a symbiotic relationship. Internal recruiters need to prove their worth, by demonstrating they can […]

We often forget about the hiring manager experience. Ironically though, neglecting the hiring manager experience only worsens the candidate experience.

We often talk about the skills gap in America. The idea that the qualified talent ‘supply’ of the US population does not meet the qualified talent ‘demanded’ by U.S. companies. There are plenty of recent, interesting and complicated articles that debate this claim. However, I’d argue the increasingly murky definition of ‘qualifications’ for many jobs in the […]

As an HR Technology enthusiast and recruiting practitioner, the idea of requiring candidates to record themselves answer one-way interview questions has always troubled me. I’ve always considered one-way video interviews to be a terrible candidate experience that deter the best and brightest and that send the wrong message to my executive team. If you’ve ever […]

After conducting thousands of phone interviews to date… it becomes a challenge to remember what’s unique, and what distinguishes one candidate from the next. In many cases, a recruiter’s day is filled with back to back interviews, which leaves no time to consolidate notes and formally introduce candidates to clients and hiring managers, before jumping on the next call. […]

With innovation all around us, it’s staggering to think that phone interviews have never evolved. There’s a lot of talk about data-driven hiring, but the most valuable information we can get is from the candidates themselves. We’re not talking about padded resumes or self-proclaimed social profiles. I’m talking about a candidate’s off-the-cuff responses and impromptu answers that showcase […]

After a 30 minute phone screen, why does the interview experience require phone interviews with an Account Manager, the Internal Recruiter & Hiring Manager?

How can recruiters be expected to screen talent against a variety of increasingly specialized roles across an organization?

Hiring Managers – are you tired of re-screening every candidate a recruiter sends you? We have a solution that’s great for you and great for candidates.

“The Telephone Game” from our childhood is remarkably similar to phone interviews and the interview process of today, full of misinterpretation and miscommunication each step of the way.

The fourth time’s a charm. After three attempts to find the right technical co-founder to build a software business, it was AngelList that introduced me to James Craft & Kim Duong – TWO technical co-founders and Honeit, Inc. was born. James and Kim are experienced software engineers who met 15 years ago while pursuing their computer science […]

After thousands of candidate phone interviews, it’s still tough to determine who makes a great fit for a particular role, team and company.

The term “Recruiter” sure gets thrown around a lot. In most cases it’s a catch-all for anyone involved in the process of sourcing, attracting, screening and selling working professionals on new job opportunities. Recruiting is Sales. Recruiting is Marketing. Recruiting is a Negotiation. But the decision to change jobs is far greater than the decision […]

Scott Adams, Berkeley Haas alumni & Berkeley Skydeck advisor, created Dilbert. Dilbert captures the frustration of today’s job interview and hiring process.