Testing Language Skills with Recorded Video Interviews
“Aimez vous Ziggeo?" This might be a question posed by a video interviewer trying to test an applicant’s proficiency in French. Obviously, video pre screening offers huge…
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Product announcements, engineering notes and use cases from the team building video recording, playback and processing infrastructure.
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Ziggeo, Resumes, On-Line Profiles, Recorded video interviews, screening candidates
The traditional resume isn’t dead. It is just dressing differently. Candidates applying for jobs in hi tech or highly creative fields are increasingly foregoing the emailed…
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Practicing for a Pre-recorded Interview
Typically in a pre recorded video interview, a candidate can practice as many times as he or she wishes before submitting the final interview to the interviewer. If you are a…
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Data Day: Correlation in Video Interviews Between Candidate’s Rating and the Number of Rough Drafts
Ziggeo’s data suggests an interesting correlation between a candidate’s rating by the interviewer and the number of times the candidate has done a “rough draft” of the recorded…
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Interviewers Ask Candidates to Tell a Joke
Surprisingly, one question some interviewers routinely ask candidates is: “Can you tell me a joke?” This sort of interview question is nothing to joke about, especially for the…
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Recorded Video Interviews Help Recruiters and Hiring Managers Play Nicely Together
Both recruiters and hiring managers are clearly part of the same team and have the same objectives to identify and entice the best applicants but how can they work together most…
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The ABC of Startup Recruiting - Notes from Albert Wenger
Below is a blog post published earlier today by Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures in preparation for this evening's talk on "How to Recruit for Startups", the first in a…
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How Important Should the GPA Be In Hiring?
When interviewing for many (if not most) jobs, employers should arguably focus less on a candidate’s “GPA” (grade point average) than on other factors – factors which often…
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Today is Data Day: Ziggeo’s Data Suggests Candidates Do Better When They Wait to Be Contacted
Surprisingly, it turns out that waiting patiently after submitting a recorded video interview might be the smartest approach. Our data at Ziggeo suggests that that candidates who…
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Treating Candidates Respectfully in a Pre-Recorded Video Interview
Making the interview process easy and seamless for candidates in video interviews is a clear sign that the employer respects and cares about them. Here’s how we at Ziggeo let you…