There are many opportunities for "cloud interviews" in the graduation season
Embarrassing scene: the network can't keep up, the software is not good, the user unit claims that it can "add points" to deal with emergencies calmly
Although there were no classes to attend in the last few months of the third year of junior high school, Liu Jingyi got up early, put on makeup, and put on a very professional shirt.
At this moment, it was raining lightly outside the window. She stuffed her laptop into her schoolbag, pulled up the legs of her pajama pants, and walked to the library barefoot and wearing slippers.
In the library, Liu Jingyi could see classmates who were dressed as "peculiar" as herself—the upper body was professional clothes and the lower body was home clothes. From this dress, she knew that they were both going to participate in the "cloud interview".
During the epidemic, offline activities were minimized, and many employers chose "cloud interviews" during this year's graduation season.
On the one hand, "cloud interviews" have greatly improved the efficiency of job applications, but on the other hand, the massive squeeze of information caused by online communication has also caused a lot of helplessness and embarrassment at both ends of the interview.
candidate says
crash
Three people in the dormitory "cloud interview" roommates vacate the house
There were 4 girls living in Liu Jingyi's dormitory. On this day in May, three girls had to "cloud interviews" at the same time, and the only girl who did not arrange an interview was very knowledgeable and "hide" out of the door in the morning.
Since entering the graduation season, all dormitory staff have started job hunting.
After returning to the dormitory, they will share their job-hunting experiences, and naturally they will also talk about the interview time.
After learning about the "crash" of the three people's online interviews, Liu Jingyi and Chen Li went to the library according to their habits and schedule. The interviews for both of them were in the morning and they needed to go to the library to prepare in advance. Li Xiaoai, who interviewed in the afternoon, stayed in the dormitory and used the morning time to prepare.
In order to provide graduates with a better interview environment, the school specially provides students with a seminar room in the library as a place for online interviews.
Students can choose whether they are in the dormitory, classroom or library according to their own needs. Students who need a seminar room can ask the library teacher to apply for it as long as they hold the interview invitation.
Prepare
The recruiter requires a front and side camera position
Liu Jingyi had two interviews, one at 9:00 am and the other at 11:00 am; Chen Li's interview time was at 10:00 am, and they all had to go to the library more than half an hour in advance to prepare, except for the laptop, Liu Jingyi He also took a few books, and Chen Li took a mobile phone stand.
Those books were used by Liu Jingyi to prop up the computer. She needed to prop up the computer a little higher so that the camera had a better angle and could shoot as head-up as possible.
The mobile phone bracket is used by Chen Li to set up the mobile phone. The position Chen Li is interviewing is prepared by a public institution. In order to prevent applicants from cheating during the online interview, the recruiter requires the interviewer to have two camera positions: front and side. The camera should be able to see the candidate and their computer screen.
"This kind of feeling is like in the fitting room of Uniqlo, with a large mirror in front and a small mirror on the side." Chen Li said with a smile.
Since they already have some experience in online interviews, they have already adjusted their computers before, arranging the computer desktops neatly to avoid seeing messy files when sharing the screen, and then cleaning up the computer system junk to avoid the appearance of the computer during the interview. Stuck and stopped.
At 9:00 in the morning, Liu Jingyi's interview began. There were 8 graduates who were interviewed in the "meeting room", as well as several HR supervisors and business leaders of employers as interviewers.
The interviewer asked 8 interviewers, and then the interviewers took turns to speak. After the speech, the leader in charge of the business would ask individual students questions individually.
While Liu Jingyi's group interview was in progress, Chen Li, who was in another seminar room, received a text message from the interviewer, informing her that she could enter the system in 10 minutes.
Chen Li's interview system is quite special. It is not a commonly used office software, but a software called Zhishitong must be installed in advance. The biggest difference in the method of use is that it can support multiple angles of shooting cameras.
For this new software that is not commonly used, Chen Li has installed it in advance according to the requirements of the recruiting unit, and asked her roommate to help complete the test.
The interview went well and lasted about 20 minutes. Chen Li felt good about herself.
Liu Jingyi's second interview was different from the first group interview, which was a separate interview.
Apart from him, everyone else was an interviewer from the employer. After answering a few questions in turn, Liu Jingyi's second interview was over.
manner
Most people are reluctant to face the camera
After the two completed the interview, they returned to the dormitory one after another.
Seeing that the roommates were all back, Li Xiaoai also went to the seminar room with a laptop.
This is her habit. Before the interview, she likes to be alone. During the interview, try to find a clean and tidy environment to avoid the messy beds and supplies in the dormitory from affecting the interviewer's perception and her own state.
Li Xiaoai's interview in the afternoon and Liu Jingyi's first interview were in the same unit, and it was also a group interview.
After the interview started, Li Xiaoai turned on the camera, and the screen appeared on the screen, wearing makeup, wearing a shirt, and wearing a dignified and professional upper body. She opened a blank writing panel on the computer, blocked the dialog box with her own picture, and then The official start of the "cloud interview".
Covering herself is Li Xiaoai's habit of coping with online interviews. She finds it difficult to "face herself", which makes her very uncomfortable and nervous.
"Maybe I haven't participated in any small host or small commentator's activities since I was a child, so I have a very bad sense of the camera. I usually don't like to take videos and post photos. I always feel that the person in the camera is not me." Li Xiaoai Say.
For her, the biggest difficulty in online interviews is that she always doesn't know where to look with her eyes. Her eyes are wandering, like "daydreaming" or "ditching".
Li Xiaoai said that because most of the cameras of the computer are above the screen, if you look at the screen, your eyelids will look down, giving people a very sleepy feeling.
And if you look at the camera, your eyes will look straight.
"At this time, if there is my own face on the picture, I can't help but look at my 'ugly appearance'." Li Xiaoai said.
She's always worried that she's not doing well in front of the camera, like is her hair messed up?
Is the collar turned up?
"Actually nothing, but just not used to it."
Li Xiaoai felt that the camera would give her a sense of oppression, and she felt that she was being "surveilled" in all directions.
Once, when she was interviewing for a position in a large Internet company, the interviewer suddenly asked her to open her resume and share it on the computer screen. "The interviewer looked down one by one, and I felt that someone was staring at me." Li Xiaoai said.
She has a natural resistance to online interviews, but she has no choice. There are many online interviews this year.
In April, Li Xiaoai once posted on Douban, telling about her experience of failing all her online interviews, which resonated with many netizens.
Many people are not used to online interviews, and the biggest problem is that they are not used to shooting themselves with a camera.
Contrary to her roommate Li Xiaoai, Chen Li said that she was nervous during offline interviews. Talking face-to-face with the interviewer would put pressure on her, and her sense of security was significantly increased across the computer screen.
For both online and offline interviews, Liu Jingyi's attitude is the middle way. She believes that offline interviews can help interviewers understand the candidates more comprehensively, while online interviews are more beneficial to those who have strong expression skills and desire to express themselves. .
But what's interesting is that Liu Jingyi succeeded after only one offline interview, and now he has started his official job. However, most of the previous online interviews were broken.
"Actually, I didn't think I played well that time offline. I didn't answer one of the interviewer's questions. Instead, I performed well in every online interview. Later, I concluded that it may be that offline interviews can make me better. A positive state is shown." Liu Jingyi analyzed.
Awkward
Network lag can easily lead to poor communication
At present, Liu Jingyi and his roommates have participated in many interviews, large and small. Most of them are online interviews, and there are many painful lessons.
Li Xiaoai once participated in a job interview for talent introduction in Qingdao. The other party sent an interview invitation in advance, which included a detailed interview process. Li Xiaoai prepared in advance, but unexpectedly, an accident happened.
During the interview, the interviewer asked her to open the shared screen, which was not mentioned in the invitation process. Li Xiaoai hurried to do it, but the software pop-up reminded her that she needed to log in again to share the screen.
There was no way, Li Xiaoai could only say sorry to the interviewer, quit the software and log on again. This tossing took more than a minute.
At this point, the interviewer reminded: "Students, we only have two minutes left, and you have to answer 3 questions."
Later, recalling this interview, Li Xiaoai said that she got up at 6:00 in the morning to put on makeup, try on clothes, adjust the computer, and interview at 12:30. The result was a three-minute interview, and it took more than a minute to adjust the computer.
Computer problems are the most common embarrassment encountered in online interviews.
Chen Li's situation was even more tragic. During the interview, she restarted her computer once before talking to the interviewer, which was delayed for several minutes.
Liu Jingyi encountered the interviewer always dropping the line during an interview, and she had to repeat her answer several times.
Another time, during an interview, Liu Jingyi clearly heard the voice of the subway station in the interviewer's voice. She spoke for a long time, but the interviewer didn't hear it all.
Chen Li has encountered too many people who gave up the online interview for no reason. The interview at 3 o'clock was urgently transferred to 1 o'clock. She could only run to the library in a hurry and forgot her ID card. In the final interview failed.
recruiter says
Can't get a full picture of the candidate
"Group face" often becomes "group chat"
"From the perspective of employers, I also prefer offline interviews." Wang Bin, an executive of a communication operation company in Beijing, said that since the epidemic, he has experienced more and more online interviews.
He believes that for employers, the advantage of online interviews is that it saves time and costs. In the past, only a dozen people could be interviewed in a day. Now, the number of candidates participating in the "cloud interview" can be several times more.
But correspondingly, because online interviews save time and cost for both parties, it also causes candidates to not cherish interviews or positions.
Sometimes the employer thinks the applicant is a good candidate after the online interview, but the other party does not come, or even the interview is absent for no reason.
In addition, although some employers will use shared desktops and multiple cameras to prevent cheating, some applicants will actually ask friends to help cheat.
In addition, online interviews cannot provide a more comprehensive assessment of candidates.
For example, Wang Bin said that in the past, offline interviews were used to assess a person's teamwork ability. For example, when several candidates were asked to discuss an operation plan, a group interview would be organized.
But online "group meetings" often become "group chats" or even "debate competitions".
support
Interviews focus more on competencies
Don't be too obsessed with "little accidents"
For candidates, Wang Bin believes that there is no need to overemphasize online or offline, the key is to show the matching degree of personal ability and job position.
"Whether you are interviewing online or offline, the most important thing is whether you can work." Liang Lu, the head of the content operation department in a major Internet company, said that some candidates put too much emphasis on their eyes and dress in the camera. In fact, there is no need to be too confused.
On the contrary, they do not participate in the interview without saying hello, which is the most disgusting situation for the employer.
"Anyway, when I participate in the interview, I pay more attention to whether the applicant can help me solve the problem." Liang Lu feels that online and offline interviews are only different in form, and there is no essential difference.
Liang Lu also mentioned that problems such as network freezes during the "cloud interview" will not affect his professional judgment.
According to Liu Fang, chief consultant of Beijing Baiying Global Headhunting, online interviews were used before the epidemic, but mostly because headhunting companies or employers did not have enough time, and at the same time, it also saved the cost of travel, and was mainly used for preliminary screening.
After the epidemic, many companies began to adopt more "cloud interviews" due to epidemic prevention and control.
Liu Fang said that from the perspective of enterprises, online interviews are often a last resort, and enterprises still hope to have interviews in order to understand the candidates more intuitively.
Offline talks can allow both parties to have a more in-depth discussion around the business position, and the employer can also better understand the applicant's professionalism, expression, and mental outlook.
The current online interviews are not particularly demanding for certain positions such as designers, programmers, engineers, etc., but for positions that directly connect with customers or positions that are mainly responsible for coordination and management in the enterprise, the requirements will be higher.
Liu Fang said that online interviews will also have a certain impact on the selection and hiring of employers. Some people behave differently in front of the camera than they do offline, and there are cases where they are transferred after they are recruited.
Regarding the problem that the interview is not smooth due to the network or software that has been criticized a lot, Liu Fang believes that there is no need to pay too much attention to this aspect. The change of the online interview form does not affect the final result. Asking questions and showing respect and courtesy will also give candidates 'plus points'."
Text/Reporter Zhang Ziyuan
Coordination/Drawing by Lin Yan and Zhang Bin/Yuan Guoming