Are your telephone interviews working for you?

Like many other recruiters, you may now be nearing the end of your recruiting cycle and reviewing your 2012 campaigns for successes and lessons learned...

Telephone interviews can be a crucial stage in the process; that first personal contact with candidates can be tricky to get right. Are the questions really tackling the core competencies for each function you’re recruiting into? Will they identify shining stars in the process? Are the questions structured simply enough for interviewers, to ensure candidates of comparable calibre are being put through to the next round?

When reviewing and revising interview questions, take into account how your graduate scheme is positioned within your organization. Are you feeding candidates into lots of management roles or are they more selectively earmarked as for a talent pipeline as future leaders – or both? Are the qualities and competencies you look for at senior level being tested at interview at graduate level? This kind of joined-up thinking can ensure that your phone interviews are identifying the candidates you want to put through to assessment centre and eventually employ.

Here at GTI Recruiting Solutions we work with you to create telephone interviews bespoke to your needs. Taking a consultative approach we can design a new template for you or work with your existing process. Our team of experienced, highly qualified interviewers is fully immersed in your brand, ensuring that your brand message and reputation are well maintained.

If you'd like to speak further about how GTI can help you with your interviews, using the latest technology and interactive media, please contact Vicky Weber at vicky.weber@gtisolutions.co.uk