Recruiting Glossary
Key terms and concepts in modern recruiting, from screening interviews to AI-powered hiring.
What is a Screening Interview?
A preliminary interview used to evaluate whether a candidate meets basic qualifications before advancing to a full interview.
What is a Phone Screen?
A brief phone call between a recruiter and candidate to assess basic fit before scheduling a full interview.
Structured vs. Unstructured Interviews
A comparison of interview methods and why structured interviews produce better, more equitable hiring outcomes.
What is an AI Interview?
An interview conducted by artificial intelligence that asks questions, follows up on responses, and evaluates candidates automatically.
Candidate Screening Best Practices
Proven strategies for efficiently evaluating job candidates to identify the best fit for your open positions.
How to Reduce Time-to-Hire
Strategies for shortening your hiring timeline without compromising on candidate quality.
What Are Behavioral Interview Questions?
Interview questions that ask candidates to describe specific past experiences to predict future job performance.
How to Score Interview Responses
Methods and rubrics for objectively evaluating candidate responses during interviews.
How to Reduce Hiring Bias
Strategies for identifying and mitigating unconscious bias in the hiring process to build more diverse and effective teams.
Effective Screening Questions for Any Role
A guide to crafting screening questions that efficiently identify qualified candidates across different job types.
What is Structured Interviewing?
A systematic approach to interviewing where every candidate is asked the same questions and evaluated using a consistent scoring rubric.
What is Candidate Experience?
The overall perception a job applicant has of an organization's hiring process, from application through onboarding or rejection.
What is a Hiring Funnel?
A framework that maps the stages candidates pass through from initial application to hire, used to measure and optimize recruiting efficiency.
What is a Talent Pipeline?
A proactive recruiting strategy that builds and maintains a pool of pre-qualified candidates for current and future hiring needs.
What is a Competency-Based Interview?
An interview method that evaluates candidates against specific, job-relevant competencies using targeted behavioral questions and scoring criteria.
What is a Panel Interview?
An interview format where multiple interviewers evaluate a single candidate simultaneously, providing diverse perspectives on fit and capability.
What is an Interview Scorecard?
A structured evaluation form used to score candidates consistently across predefined criteria during and after interviews.
What is Remote Hiring?
The process of recruiting, evaluating, and onboarding employees who will work remotely, using digital tools for every stage of the hiring process.