Remote hiring became a norm since the pandemic. Skillate has got you covered for conducting smooth online interviews. 

 

This article helps you understand:

  1. How to schedule an interview in Microsoft Teams?

  2. How to notify candidates and interviewers regarding the interview?

  3. How to set up a confirmation email from the interview scheduling page itself?



 

Follow the below steps to set up your interview on Microsoft Teams via Skillate.


  1. Navigate to Jobs, select a job for which you would like to schedule an interview.

  2. Go to Candidates > Interview > Interview Stage. Click on Schedule Interview.

  3. Choose for Schedule Manually

  4. Add users to the interviewers’ list, choose a date and time, time zone.

  5. In the Meeting Mode, choose Microsoft Teams.
    You will be asked to sign in using Microsoft if it is the first time that you are scheduling the interview.

  6. Once signed in, the calendar for the selected users will be automatically synced to Skillate’s Microsoft calendar interface.

    Note: You cannot view the calendar of both external interviewers and collaborators.

    Schedule interview using Microsoft Calendar integration

  7. Add Comments if any.

  8. You can also choose to send interview confirmation to the candidate by checking the check-box.

  9. Below which you can set up the confirmation email which will be sent to the candidate, The email body is customizable.

    Please ensure to add the placeholder - {{conference_link}} to the email body. Upon adding it, the candidate will receive the interview link along with the email.

  10. Click on Schedule Interview to complete the process.

Note:
If you have chosen for Google Calendar integration from Settings > Administration > Organization > Configuration > Calendar Integration- you will get the option to choose to schedule the interview either from Google Meet or Microsoft Teams.

Whereas, if you have chosen for Microsoft Calendar integration from Settings > Administration > Organization > Configuration > Calendar Integration- you will be restricted with the option to schedule meeting only from Microsoft Teams.
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