Remember that scene in Up In The Air where Anna Kendrick’s character demonstrates her company’s new video conferencing solution for human resources? Well, if LA startup Ovia has its say, a similar video technology may actually be a big part of the interview process in the very near future.
Relax, they’re not as heartless as to use it for laying people off like in the movie. Ovia’s goal is to help recruiters out with the initial screening interviews. So instead of the countless phone interviews that have to be made to weed out applicants, Ovia will faciliate an automated video interview process that gives candidates a fair chance at displaying their abilities while also making it easier for recruiters to get through mountains of applications.
Here’s a short video explaining it all:
We had a chance to sit down with the service and it certainly seemed to work as advertised – at least from the interviewee’s point of view. There was a concern that the process would still feel very impersonal and cold, but we were reassured by positive feedback from people who have gone through the process already. Lalawag’s solution would have been to just do the video interviews in our underwear to make it feel more personal, but we were unfortunately rebuffed.
Ovia is already used in not only companies, but also in academia as part of the applications process. The University College London has been an interesting case study with the software:
You can find out more about Ovia here on their website.
