What is a Screening Interview?
A screening interview is a preliminary phase of hiring that is utilized to assess a candidate and determine if they suit the minimum job specifications or not. Administered over the phone, video, or face-to-face, it is skill-based, experience-based, and culturally fitting.
Screening interviews are time-saving methods because they reduce the number of applicants before conducting the human interviews.
Structured questions are generally used to determine suitability by the recruiters. An effective screening interview is one that can help organizations to spot promising talent and also simplify the entire recruitment process.
Examples
1) The recruiter carried out a screening interview in order to shortlist the potential candidates.
2) To be able to go through to the final hiring stages, it is required to pass the screening interview.
3) Screening interviews assist companies in saving time during recruitment.
Synonyms
- Pre-Interview
- Initial Interview
- Preliminary Interview
- Candidate Screening
- Recruitment Screening
