by
Samar Abu Shaban , Regional HR Operations manager , souq.com
Some recruiters use conference calls and video calls to conduct overseas recruitment, yet most big organisations have started to move away from this methodology as it proved to be inefficient method and face-to-face interview is a must That is why they started to travel to the targeted labour markets occasionally and conduct interviews for the open posts or to keep in their CV bank.
I think it is quite imperative for a company to see and meet the candidates at some point before hiring them. Some companies do use Skype but for an initial interview as it serves the purpose well to judge and short list the promising candidates. The next stage usually asked or invite them to be physically appear before a more personable one-on-one or group interviews before final selection.
No, and it happened to me twice , first (2 cases ) in KSA and the second in Egypt.
From a few year ago, when I was at KSA, applied for a job as a professor in one of the foreign universities in the KSA, Case (1) while I was at Hail the job where at Riyadh, I travel more than6 hours from2 AM in order to reach there before10 Am by my car after I finish my interview they apologies to me for not arrange a skybe to have a meeting over it. N.B: a police patrol give me a ticket for exceeding the speed at that they. so, What I gained her?1-300 SR to be paid 2- didn't sleep at all 3- Worried about the interview 4- they choose English native instead of me.
Case (2) while I was at Hail the job where at the Eastern region, they schedule a time and date and a skybe connection to have the meeting.
Second at Egypt, from few months ago, I have been scheduled a meeting for a instructor in of Education institute, I arrive before20 min. of the meeting and then they invite me to enter, just before putting me second leg on the room I notice that a camera is recording where the chair the has been settled to be sitted on it, I were surprise and inform that to who was in charge to interview me, he clam that the higher committee are far away and they used to do it before with the other candidates. frankly, I was upset a lot and I share with him that I have to be inform because he draw my rights to be informed from the beginning that he record the meeting. Any how, I complete the meeting but with unhappy feelings and regret.
