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Mr. Leafy

Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 246 Location: North of the Wall
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 3:06 am Post subject: Spark Hire or other One-Way Interview |
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Has anyone does an interview via Spark Hire?
I'd be interested in hearing from people who have actually experienced it.
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Arenta
Joined: 24 Jul 2016 Posts: 125
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Do they also go under the name of Spark teachers? If so, I had an interview with them a couple of months ago for a position in Malaysia. Easy interview,very brief and just generally asking if I was interested in other countries too. They said they would put forward my details for the position but I obviously didn't get it because I heard no more from them. I get emails on vacancies from them on a fairly regular basis. I haven't heard of Spark Hire so maybe it's a different company. |
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Mr. Leafy

Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 246 Location: North of the Wall
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:17 am Post subject: |
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Arenta wrote: |
Do they also go under the name of Spark teachers? |
This is something different. Spark Hire is a company that provides interviewing services to other companies. Candidates get an invitation to an 'interview' and log on anytime they want (within a deadline). You are presented with questions on screen and record your answers.
Some language testing is done this way too I believe.
It seems a bit odd but maybe it's the way of the future for companies expecting very large responses. It lets them sort out people quickly before a normal second interview.
Demonstration
http://help.sparkhire.com/knowledgebase/articles/141186-one-way-interview-via-webcam-instructions |
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nomad soul

Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 5:27 am Post subject: |
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One-way video interviewing isn't particularly new. It's been used in the US for a couple of years now and replaces the preliminary short phone interview that weeds out less than stellar job candidates.
I assume you're asking about it on this forum because you've been scheduled for a such an "interview" for a Saudi job. |
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Arenta
Joined: 24 Jul 2016 Posts: 125
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Mr. Leafy wrote: |
This is something different. Spark Hire is a company that provides interviewing services to other companies. Candidates get an invitation to an 'interview' and log on anytime they want (within a deadline). You are presented with questions on screen and record your answers.
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Definitely a different company then. I haven't heard of this one way interview. Yes, it's probably a way of handling a large amount of applicants. |
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