Shortlister Reviews

The usability of the system - we find it really easy to be able to set up new video interview templates and send out the invitations in bulk. Also hiring managers really love video interviewing technology - they appreciate being able to see the candidates prior to face to face interview or assessment centre.

We also found as a recruitment partner, that it helps us get hiring managers involved in the recruitment process, and if they’re buying into the pre-screening or shortlisting process for the assessment centre they're naturally happier with the level of candidates that come through.

On the occasions when I thought ‘actually wouldn’t it be great if the system could just do this’ I can have those conversations with Shortlister and if it’s something that works for a number of their clients they are willing to listen and put that suggestion into the development plan - which has been great.

An easy-to-use piece of technology that adds real value within the recruitment process

From a quality point of view when we analyse online application form performance through to first round interviews, that video interviews have been a really strong predictor of how a candidate will perform at assessment centre. We now weight that particular part of the recruitment process more heavily.

It’s also given us a lot more flexibility and saved us an awful lot of time. I actually did a piece of work looking at one of our largest graduate clients and it’s saved us over 500 hours of resource within our business (when compared to telephone interviews) - so that’s a massive impact.

"We recruit in high volumes and have a large number of candidates that we have to schedule in and screen - this can be a time consuming and costly task. We wanted to streamline our recruitment process.

With Shortlister we are able to bulk invite candidates to complete a pre-designed, branded online interview at a time convenient to the applicant. We then share the candidate's video responses with internal stakeholders and decision makers - enabling greater collaboration within the organisation.

We also like that Shortlister are upfront and transparent in their communication of their costs. The interface itself is clean and intuitive, which enabled a smooth transition from our previous telephone interview process. On top of this they have a proven track record in delivering a great candidate experience."

Some technophobe candidates will refuse to use it, This means that at times we are making additional calls and then the process is not standard for all.

Adapt your career pages to manage the expectations of your candidates and give them some hints and tips to help maximise return rate of interviews.

"Using Shortlister has significantly reduced the time East Midlands Trains spend on second stage screening, allowing our team to spend more time on attracting candidates and refining our screening at other stages.

By using video interviews to engage our candidates we have also increased our invite/attendance ratio at recruitment events from 75% to 97%.

Furthermore, we now use Shortlister's solution as an online rules test to assess candidates capabilities for technical roles - this really helps us in understanding whether or not an applicant has the technical capability required without them having to make a potentially long journey just to learn that at in person assessment."

"It's smart, simple, different and most importantly it saves our team valuable time."

Not being able to re-issue / extend invites myself if candidates have a technical issue/ill or are on holiday

"We regularly receive a high volume of applicants, so integrating Shortlister at such an early stage in our interview process means that is easier for us to select, interview and hire those who are a good fit for our company. Overall it is a fundamental feature of our on-boarding process and I could not recommend it highly enough.'