With many companies being forced to conduct video interviews during the pandemic - will you continue on this trend; perhaps for the initial stages of the interview process?

✳ In the UK & Ireland, employers will interview an average of 6 candidates for every job vacancy they advertise – which is slightly lower than the US & Canada where they interview an average of 7 candidates per vacancy.

✳ On average a job applicant will meet 3 members of the employer's staff, if they make it through the entire interview process.

✳ Only 36% of interviewing candidates will meet the hiring manager of the vacancy, which equates to less than 1% of the total job applicants.

✳ The average interview process in the UK takes 27.5 days to complete.

✳ Pre-pandemic, the average job interview was conducted face-to-face, post-pandemic it is now carried out by video-call.

✳ Pre-pandemic 79% of employers conducted first-stage interviews via telephone or face-to-face meeting. As of January 2021, video-interviews are the most popular method of conducting first-stage interviews with 86% of employers favouring it.

✳ An average job interview will last between 30 – 45 minutes. Recruiters say that if an interview finishes in less than 20 minutes, it is a sign the interview has not gone well.

✳ Roles in the IT sector have the longest interview duration with an average of 1 hour. Hospitality roles have the shortest interview lengths with an average of 15 – 30 minutes.

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