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As organisations are becoming socio-techno-economic units, where people are essential, the HR function is becoming more challenging. While it is vital to know whether the candidates’ skills, education, and experience match the key job requirements, their behavioural traits are critical to ensure that they are job-fit and culture-fit.

But conventional interviewing methods do not test candidates for this.

Job-fitness and cultural-fitness can only be measured if teams simulate the workplace environment in their hiring processes. Is there a way to place candidates in a ‘work situation’ where they respond without any rehearsals? Can this be done remotely?

Yes, and yes!

While HR teams can predict future performance, through skill and psychometric assessments and conventional job interviews, structured behavioural interviews can help teams find out how their candidates will behave in certain work situations.

In structured behavioural interviews, the candidates are asked to describe a real-life situation they had in the previous job. Hence, responses are based on real experiences. As past behaviour is the best predictor of future conduct, it is a lot more reliable. These interviews give HR teams an opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of knowledge-application and practical skills as candidates talk about specific situations, the task at hand, the actions they chose to take and their results. For candidates, structured behavioural interviews empower them to portray their qualification for the job by responding to real-life situations.

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Being the last lap of the hiring marathon, interviews should help assessors gain insights which help them select candidates whose skill sets and behaviour fit the job role while their values and interests sync with the culture and mission of the organisation.

Latest State of the Recruiter survey found that recruiters that are ahead of the curve are more interested in using video platforms—including interviewing candidates live via video (92% for Millennials vs 88% for Gen X and 78% for Baby Boomers) and receiving video resumes from candidates. EasyTalent is a seamlessly integrated platform that allows you to simulate real work situations via video interviews in all formats at scale. EasyTalent has built-in question banks that can be tailored (as per your work culture) to conduct structured behavioural interviews.

Screening Interviews: Built for mass recruitment and high-volume screening, these help assessors sift through huge numbers of applicants. Given the tight deadlines that HR teams have, they can effectively use this format of one-way video interviews to screen candidates with preset questions to which the candidates can record their answers.

One-Way Video Interviews: After the first level of screening, HR teams can use one-way video interviews to create questions where a real work situation challenge can be presented. This allows teams to analyse and filter candidates based on their problem-solving competencies and perseverance, at a time of their convenience.

Two-way Video Interviews: The one-way video interviews can be followed by highly interactive and engaging two-way video interviews with features like auto-scheduling and screen sharing. This lets interviewers really get to know their candidates. This makes video interviewing a top choice for them as they are comfortable, not fatigued from travel, or nervous due to an unfamiliar environment and ready for a meaningful interaction from the start.

Group and Panel Interviews: After a two-way interview the next round can be a panel interview. Built to assess candidate behaviour, group dynamics, interpersonal skills and teamwork, our panel interview feature gives HR teams access to insights that would be hard to gain in an individual or a one-on-one setting. They can assess, even non-cognitive capabilities like body language, attitudes, harmony with peers, etc while recreating a real work situation.

All the video-interviews conducted on EasyTalent are recorded and can be viewed by HR teams at a convenient time for enhanced scrutiny. Hence, assessors can award marks and remarks to each candidate on multiple parameters. Our platform also helps you in developing structured and homogenous interview questions, with practical video interview tips.

With cut-throat competition, the right talent is the most critical aspect for a company to stand out. Hence, identifying candidates who can solve real work problems and thrive in the organisation is essential. While structured behavioural interviews are a reliable way to predict how candidates will perform in a real work situation, the ability to conduct such an interview remotely is key to create a seamless candidate experience and a compelling brand.

In a market where companies are constantly competing to stay relevant, your HR teams need candidates that not only good at impressing interviewers in a controlled setting but those who will act in your organisation’s best interest when it really matters. The premise behind behavioural interviewing is that the most accurate predictor of future performance is past performance in similar situations. Hence, structured behavioural interviews need to become a vital process in your talent acquisition strategy to ensure that you select the most well-suited candidates who are not only the most qualified but also are sure thrive while solving problems in everyday work situations.

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