Attending an Interview - Applicant
Description
As a applicant, I want to be able to join interview meetings.
Applicable User Roles
List of roles that have access or can use this feature.
Applicant
Internal Applicant
How To
Invitation
As an applicant, you will receive an email inviting you to your interview session, which will contain an ICS appointment that can be saved to your digital calendar.
After you login to SkillsNow, any scheduled interviews will appear on your Applications page. You will see a Join Interview button on the applicant portal 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Joining an Interview
After clicking on the Join Interview button, you will be taken to the interview lobby which gives you the opportunity to change your meeting settings.
You have the choice to select your video and microphone source, as well as select and upload a video camera background including a blur. All options available in the lobby can also be configured during the interview.
⚠️ You may need to give your browser permission to use microphone and camera: If it is your first time joining a SkillsNow video meeting, you will have to give permission for your browser to use your microphone and video devices. You may need to refresh the page to see changes.
In order to start your camera, you need to click on the Start Video button. This will start your video device so you can see a preview of your camera before joining the meeting.
On the background tab, you can select which background option you would like to apply. They can select an default image from the image gallery, or you can upload your own image by clicking the + button, then clicking Upload.
Once you are happy with your setup, click on the Join button to join the interview.
After clicking the JOIN button, you must wait for the interviewer to join the interview and let you into the room. Please wait on this screen until you are let into the interview session
During the Interview
Once you have been let into the interview, you will have a panel of options on the right hand side of the page. Here you have three tabs: Settings for managing your devices, Background for setting your video background, and Chat to send messages to your interviewer.
The applicant will be notified when recording has started with a message and by the appearance of a red icon next to the microphone mute button.
Chat
An applicant can send and receive live chat from the interviewers during an interview. All messages can be seen in the panel on the right of the page when you click on the Chat tab.
If the CHAT tab is not selected, you will be see a pop-up in the corner of your screen and a red dot on the Chat tab to indicate there are un-read messages.
Leaving the Interview
Once the interview session has finished, you can leave the interview and be taken back to your applications page by clicking on the red Leave Call button.
Known Issues
⚠️Known Issue - Zoom Interviews. When leaving and re-joining the same Zoom interview, the user may see one or more black screens in the interview screen. This is due to the Zoom SDK having a hard-coded timeout of 2 minutes per session. The black screens will then clear themselves after a two-minute delay.