Save up to 50% of your interview time by following a simple candidate checklist.
There is no standard template of resumes that you get. It is extremely time consuming to sift through all that text to find what you need to know about the candidate. As a result, most #hiring managers do not even read the resume before starting the interview process with a candidate. They end up using the first 30 minutes of the discussion in just getting basic information.
I like spending quality time with candidates on discussing their career journeys, what career stage do they find themselves in, what they aspire to do next and how can this current role can fit in their planned career trajectory.
A candidate’s time is as important as mine. Hence, I follow a simple resume parsing technique. I ensure that before every interview I have a candidate checklist filled in (attached as image with this post). Between the CV and recruiter interaction, most of this information is available. Whatever is left to be known, I get that information in the first 5-10 mins or would email the candidate to share with me before the start of the interview.
Hence, the 45-60 mins of allocated time for our discussion is well-spent on understanding the individual and the fitment with the role in hand.
All the clients for whom I do hiring for mid-senior roles, have appreciated getting candidate information in this simple template form instead of CVs.