Video Job Interviews

Reach more applicants, screen better candidates, and conduct asynchronous job interviews with Video Collectors for your job seekers

Overview


Why ask your applicants to submit a video interview?

Video job interviews simplify the hiring process by giving you the flexibility to screen candidates on your own time and ask simple screening questions you want every applicant to answer. 

Do you want to start remotely collecting and publishing video job interviews without the time & expense of a camera crew or video editors? Then this video job interview template will be perfect for you.

What's in the template

We developed this video collector template to be a complete, easy-to-use solution for your respondents to record and upload video testimonials for your organization from any device.

We provide a delightful interface that matches your brand and works seamlessly on Mac, PC, iPhone, Android, and tablets. There's nothing for you – or your respondents – to download or install. All you need to do is share a link to start collecting great video job interviews.

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Capture video on any device with a fluid, branded interface

Your respondents will go through the following steps and record video responses to 3 questions:

  1. Introduction

    Thank you so much for participating in the next step of the application process! Please reach out to [contact_email] with any questions.

  2. Question 1

    Can you share why you’re interested in this role?

  3. Question 2

    Can you (briefly) share about your relevant experience?

  4. Question 3

    Where do you see yourself in five years?

  5. Attribution The respondent enters their preferred name & title to be used if you publish their videos.
  6. Thank-you Thank you for taking the time to respond. We truly appreciate it.

Use This Template

Make it your own
You can customize the questions, the introduction and thank-you messages, and make it match your branding with just a few clicks. You can even add your own custom incentive for respondents and record a greeting video if you like.

Automagic Video Publishing
When you get a response, Vocal Video will automatically generate a complete, professional-looking testimonial video with your logo, motion graphics, subtitles and transitions (like these). Vocal Video is the only solution on the market that does this.

Ad-free hosting & embedding included
After you publish your video job interviews, they are automatically hosted on branded public pages you can easily share. You can also embed your videos on your site with our mobile-friendly and ad-free embed codes.

Ready to start collecting video job interviews with this template? Create your free Vocal Video account today and collect unlimited video job interviews FREE.

Real customer examples

See how Vocal Video customers are using the video job interviews they've collected and published with this template:

The YEDI Institute recruits applicants to their Incubator Program with a video interview. An asynchronous video interview is the first step in their screening process.

YEDI Institute
 
RHR Cleaning Services is using asynchronous video interviews with Vocal Video as part of their screening process for new candidates.

RHR Cleaning Services


RHR Cleaning Services
F1 Acquisitions includes a video portion as part of their job application process. Applicants respond using a form, then using a Vocal Video Collector in order to be considered.

F1 Acquisitions

There are many more real customer examples here – all playable.

How to get started

Start collecting video job interviews using this template in 5 minutes:

  1. Sign up: Create your free Vocal Video account here. (No credit card required.)
  2. Use this template: Create a new Video Collector and select the ‘Customer Testimonials’ template.
  3. Customize it: Make any changes you want to the questions, intro message, and branding (you can even add a custom incentive and welcome video).
  4. Send it: Send the public link to your video collector to your target audience. (Feel free to use our sample email sequence, and check out our guide to getting higher response rates on your video campaigns.)
  5. Publish responses: See your video job interviews roll in. We’ll automagically generate branded, pro-style draft videos for you. Publish your favorites. You can publish your first 5 videos completely free.
  6. Share & embed: Share and embed them on your site with our ad-free video hosting and responsive embed codes.

With Vocal Video there's no limit on the number of the number of responses you can gather, so you can cast a wide net and only publish the best responses.

Best of all, with Vocal Video you can also edit, publish, share and embed your first 3 testimonial videos free of charge. (When you want to publish more, you can pay as you go or select an annual plan for unlimited publishing – see our pricing page for details.)

Sample 3-touch email sequence

When inviting people to give you video job interviews via email, we recommend a 3-email sequence. Variations of this email sequence have been used successfully in hundreds of video-request campaigns by Vocal Video customers.

The first email in the sequence is a pre-ask – asking if they'd be open to recording a short video testimonial and thanking them in advance. The second email includes the link to the video collector, a brief explanation of the process, the questions they'll be asked to respond to, and some recording tips. The third email in the sequence is a gentle reminder to block out time to record.

Adapt this sequence to your use case, incentives, and your collector's actual questions, and fire away!

Email #1: The Pre-Ask

Take part in a video job interview

Thank you for your interest in [your organization name]! We wanted to let you know that we received your application and we are delighted that you are considering joining our team.

We reviewed your application and want to move you to the next stage of the interview process. This step involves answering a few questions about yourself via video. We’re collecting video with a tool called Vocal Video, so it should be very easy and only take 5-10 minutes. The recording can be done from your phone or laptop.

Please let me know if you’d still like to be considered for this position and I’ll send the link and the questions right over.

Thanks so much,

Email #2: The Invitation

Video Interview Process

Congratulations for making it to the first step of the screening process.

Here are the details on recording a video - it should take 5-10 minutes altogether. Just click here to record your video: https://vocalvideo.com/c/vocal-video-impact-of-video-testimonials

The 3 questions that we'd like you to answer are:
1. Can you share why you’re interested in this role?
2. Can you (briefly) share about your relevant experience?
3. Where do you see yourself in five years?
 
Here are a couple of tips:
1) pick a quiet and well lit place
2) avoid having windows or a light source in the background of your shot since that will create glare
3) look directly at the camera
3) relax and be yourself - you'll do great!

Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks again!

Email #3: The Reminder

Reminder - Video Interview

Here's a reminder that you haven't completed your video interview to take part in the next step of the hiring process.

Here's the link to record your video - you can record any time it’s convenient for you from your phone or laptop: https://vocalvideo.com/c/vocal-video-impact-of-video-testimonials

Ready to start collecting video job interviews with this template? Create your free Vocal Video account today and collect unlimited video job interviews FREE.

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Vocal Video is going to make your life a lot easier. You don't have to be in person to get answers from people, and you can get very real, very genuine stories and comments.

Christine Hanks

Social Media Marketing Manager, Wonolo

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