Text Interviews – A Newer Concept in Hiring
The world is moving at a rapid pace with the advancements in technology. However, the recruitment industry is at a serious disadvantage as several roadblocks run the risk of creating a negative impact on candidate experience.
Given the requirement of employers and recruiters to hire top talent in today’s competitive market, you cannot afford to stick with inefficient and slow communication practices in the hiring process. Text interviews could be the future of hiring process considering the popularity of texting amongst people.
Although texting seems to be general with everybody else, text interview is rather a unique term in the world of hiring. So, what is it all about? How can texting be used as a way for talent acquisition? Let us find out in the article below where we have briefly discussed about the concept.
What is a Text Interview?
A text interview is a conversation between the interviewer and the candidate through texting platforms like Skype, Facebook, and Whatsapp. Both the parties exchange interview questions and answers via text messages.
People have become fond of texting, with 97% percent of Americans use texting at least once a day on their cell phones. One more thing that goes in favor of text interviews is the fact that text messages have a high open rate and response rate. Text messages have a 98% open rate in comparison to emails with a mere 20%.
With such great stats backing up the concept, texting could be the next big thing in the hiring process. It could be the future of screening candidates and bringing them to your recruitment funnel. Here are some of the potential benefits of text interviewing candidates.
Advantages of Text Interviews
Speed up screening process – The overall time taken by companies to interview candidates is getting longer every year. Candidates are made to sit for the whole day to complete the screening process. Text interviews, on the other hand, are quick and speed up to the screening process. It not only maintains the standard of the process but also reduces the interview time.
Lowers cost – Face-to-face interviews are challenging, time-consuming and rather expensive. Although it is the most credible and reliant option when it comes to hiring, it seems expensive at early stages of hiring. Text interviews can be implemented at the screening stage. It will not only save your time but will also save your expenses.
Reduce chances of bias – Bias is something that is almost unavoidable in the world. Recruitment is amongst the top sectors that are plagued with bias. Text interviews are likely to reduce bias because, you don’t see the candidate’s face, mannerisms, body language, or voice or hear any accent.
A permanent record of answers – the exchange of questions and answers held between the interviewer, and the interviewee is stored on the phones automatically. The data can be used as a reference at any point of time if not deleted.
Improve brand image – Adopting such cool recruitment strategies will certainly add up to your brand image. This might also send a message that you are a technology friendly company and certainly a good place to work.
Final Thoughts
Talent acquisition is getting inspired by the technology and has been developing constantly. There have been numerous innovative ways that transformed the way we hire candidates. Now interviews are not limited to a single room. It can be done over a mail or a skype call. Texting could certainly be a crucial concept, making the process even quicker and casual.
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