Videoconferenced employment interviews are making a comeback. Many firms with video equipment have shied away from using it for interviewing out of concern that video does not provide as complete a picture of a candidate as does an in-person interview. But, some firms we work with actually prefer to use video for initial interviews. 

▪   Video interviews can be short compared to the lengthy interviews needed to justify flying someone in from out of town. 

▪   A single interviewer can conduct a large number of interviews permitting screening without involving the time of a large number of partners.

▪   Videoconference interviews can be taped and those people the firm is interested in can be viewed by partners at their leisure.

 

Most users believe that a video can’t eliminate the necessity for an in-person interview, but is a tremendously useful and cost-effective means of screening candidates.