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If you launch your own startup, you need young urban professionals, so called yuppies. An online interview is a good way to find and estimate them…The main advantage of an online interview is saving money and time. Neither you nor the applicant should carve out an hour or two for the road and the meeting itself, and online, the candidate can more easily cope with the excitement, because he is in his comfort zone.

1. Planning

Like any other interview, an online interview requires organization. Therefore, discuss with the candidate a suitable date and time for the interview, as well as its duration. Tell him or her in advance how and in what program everything will take place, find each other in it. If you decide to do this right before the interview, you risk losing a lot of time.

Prepare a list of questions for the applicant. Once again, study the resume of the applicant and the results of the previous selection stages, if any. Write down clarifying questions about his work experience. Put your resume next to you or open the electronic version. Remember that during the remote interview, additional questions may appear that clarify any nuance. Sometimes the direction of the conversation changes, questions from a completely different topic appear. This is a normal course of any conversation, which helps to get to know a person better.

Get ready to answer the applicant’s questions personally, including: how often do the wages increase, are there any bonuses, are holidays or sick days paid? Skype allows you to share videos, photos and presentations. Prepare all presentation materials about the company in advance. You have a great chance to make a good impression and create a positive image of the company for the candidate.

A few minutes before the appointed time, check the equipment: is the headset and video camera working, is everything in order with the Internet.

1. Holding

The main slogan: “Everything is like in life.” Refer to some pro guide “How to conduct an interview”, control the process, lead the candidate along. And remember the main steps:

• establishing a contact, a story about the company and vacancies;
• resume interview;
• competency interviews;
• answers to the candidate’s questions;
• discussion of next steps.

In addition to answering questions, you can ask to solve problem cases. Put the applicant in a situation that is close to working. Try not to use typical cases – make changes to them so as not to get socially expected or memorized answers.

1. Evaluation

After the interview, you need to determine if there is enough information to assess the competency, analyze the examples in terms of effectiveness, business impact and relevance for future work.

Consider the specifics of the position. It is not so important how an accountant looks and behaves in front of the camera. It is much more important to understand whether he or she has the necessary knowledge and skills. So it’s better to ask more professional questions. Another thing is applicants for public professions: a customer relations specialist, sales manager, marketer or HR specialist.

Following these tip, I guess, you will find the plug-and-play personnel for your newly registered startup…