A One-Way Interview consists of you creating a series of interview questions that a candidate will answer on video at their convenience.

There are two ways to invite candidates to a One-Way Interview on Spark Hire:

• Option 1: Invite through Spark Hire (described in this article) – This sends a branded email (and optional SMS) to the candidate via Spark Hire.
• Option 2: Using an Interview link – Instead of sending an email (and SMS) from Spark Hire to invite your candidates, the interview link feature gives you a link that you can insert anywhere you want. For example, you can put the interview link in a personal email to a candidate.

How to invite a candidate to a One-Way Video Interview through Spark Hire

1. There are three places in Spark Hire from which you can invite a candidate to interview:

   • From the left-side menu, click Interviews > Create interviews.

   • From the Interviews page, click Create new interview.

     

   • From the candidate’s profile, click the three dots on the far right and select Invite to interview.

     

   Regardless of your choice, you’ll be redirected to the Create New Interview page.

2. Select the job you want the interview to be for and the One-Way Interview type. Then, click Continue.

3. Choose how to invite candidates when prompted: via email, directly through Spark Hire, or as an interview link, which you can share by email, or through a website, job post, or social media. Then, click Continue.

   💡 Tip: Learn more about creating interview links.

    
4. Build your interview by creating new questions or choosing from the One-Way Interview Question Bank. Depending on your subscription plan, you may also:
   • Customize time settings
   • Add a limit for re-recording answers
   • Restrict how long a candidate can think about their answer
   • Save interview question sets
     • Within the Question Sets list in the Question Bank, you can sort sets by name and date last updated. If you have created a new set in another tab, you can click on Refresh to update the question sets list.
   • Use suggested interview questions
   • Record or embed video questions
5.  When you’re happy with your interview questions, click Continue. 
6. Set a deadline for your interview.
7. Add candidates.
   • Users with a Pro, Team, Growth, or Enterprise subscription, can add up to 1000 candidates in bulk by uploading a CSV file. To do this, click CSV upload next to Add candidate(s) to interview, download the template, fill the columns with the relevant candidates, and upload the file.
   • Users with a Pro (at current pricing), Team, Growth, or Enterprise subscription will also have the option to send candidates updates via SMS text messages.
8. Customize your email invitation.
   • If you have set up default email templates for one-way interview invites in your email template library, they will automatically be used as the default content for your invitations.
   • If you want to edit the email invitation content or choose another template, select Yes under Do you want to modify the email invitation that will be sent to your candidate(s)? Customize the content or choose a new email template by clicking Select Email Template and selecting one from the list.
9. When you're ready to finish, click Create and your invitations will be sent.