Gone are the days, when job seekers need to board a bus or ride a bike to reach the interview location. Now, companies have changed their methods of recruitment, thanks to COVID. Because of the necessity of maintaining social distancing and other protocols related to COVID, and to ensure the safety of their employees, companies have chosen the interview methods which were less often used earlier. This has been achieved by the use of latest technology driven interviews. Companies now rely on modern mechanisms to conduct virtual campus recruitment.

Earlier, companies focused on statistical data about the performance of the campuses and the quality of students on board from those campuses through campus placement. Now, the companies follow student engagement programs to interact with the students virtually. Online competitions, Hackathons, Case Study Competitions, Coding Competitions, Quizzes and Mini Project Competitions help the companies identify talented individuals before the conduct of interview, and to build a brand value among students. And this in-turn helps the companies to have a virtual connect with the students. After these pre-placement activities, companies conduct online assessments using remote proctored and Artificial Intelligence based interview methods. These methods ensure that the candidate or jobseeker attends the interview in a right manner. By using these advanced technologies, companies facilitate many candidates to attend the interview at their convenience, and thereby finding talented individuals has become easier for them. These online interviews ensure interviewer’s full control of the interview process, and the turnaround time for the results and interview reports takes only few minutes.

Online Interviews are conducted through various online video conferencing platforms, and anti-cheating softwares, prevent candidates indulging in impersonation, detects background movements and objects such as phones or other computers. Any candidate who attends the interview should ensure a good internet connection for his computer or mobile, and camera quality of the device. Candidates should avoid distractions and moving away from the camera to avoid disqualification from the interview process. Following the practices mentioned above will definitely help the jobseeker to have a pleasant interview experience and to secure a job.

Online interviews are preferred by many organizations post COVID situation and the companies have felt the reduction of cost compared to traditional hiring methods. So being a jobseeker the candidates should ensure their preparedness towards online interview methods and ways to clear the interviews. Also the candidates should involve themselves actively in competitions conducted by companies to upgrade their competency and to get themselves recognized by the prospective employers.