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Managing Interviews

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Overview

WebAdMIT for AMCAS allows you to create and assign Interviews for reviewers. Interview details are available when working with Lists, Exports, Scoring, and Email Templates as merge fields.

Once applicants have been assigned to you to interview, you can view your Interviews from the Dashboard. Interviews appear on your Dashboard until completed.

Once interview types are created, they can be enabled in the Applicant Gateway; applicants can then select interview dates and times.

Gaining Access to This Feature

The Interviewing feature is available under the Management panel and access to this tool is controlled through Work Groups. You must have the:

  • Configure Software permission to create and edit Interview templates.
  • Manage Assignments and Interviews permission to assign Interview templates to other users and edit completed Interviews.
  • View Other User's Assignment/Interview Results permission to view Interviews that have been assigned to other users for the same applicants you can view.

Creating Interview Templates

Once you create an Interview template, be sure to test it with one applicant to confirm it's configured correctly. You can make limited edits to Interview templates once they're assigned to applicants.

For the schedule, location, question, and remark sections, you can do the following actions:

  • Click the green plus sign or red x/trash icon to add or remove entries.
  • Enter a name for the entry. You can enter up to 255 characters (including spaces and punctuation) for each entry.
  • Use the grip icon to drag and drop the entries into the preferred order.
  • Select if the entry is active. If you deselect this checkbox, then the entry will not appear as an option when assigning Interviews to users or to users when they complete an Interview.

To create an Interview template:

  1. Using the Menu Bar, open the Management panel, then click Interviewing.
  2. Click New Interview Type.
  3. Enter a name.
  4. Select the associated programs. If you don't select programs when you create your Interview, your template is marked as deactivated. Once you reactivate it, the template will automatically have all programs selected. Additionally, if you deselect all remaining activated programs, the template is marked as deactivated.
  5. Add schedule information, if desired. You can:
    • Select dates and enter start times.
    • Enter a maximum seat number. This prevents you from over-assigning this date/time. You can leave this field blank, if desired.
  6. Select if you want to use locations, where you can record where Interviews occur (e.g., Room 121B, North Campus, Zoom, etc.).
  7. Select if you want to use questions (i.e., items you want the user to review for an applicant).
    • Additionally, select if the user can enter a score and comment on the question. If using scores, we recommend you add the score range for each question to the question name; this helps remind the interviewer of the minimum and maximum value for each question (e.g., Quality of experiences (0-5 points), etc.).
  8. Select if you want to use overall scores. If you use questions, then select:
    • Average of Questions to provide an average score across all question scores.
    • Sum of Questions to provide a sum of all question scores.
    • Enter by User to enter a score. Use this option if you are not using questions or if the overall score is not a direct calculation of the questions.
  9. Select if you want to use overall comments, where interviewers can enter their comments in a text box.
  10. Select if you want to use overall remarks, where you create a custom drop-down and interviewers can select what they recommend doing next with the applicant (e.g., offer admission, etc.).
    • Be aware that the first remark in your drop-down is automatically selected for applicants. We recommend that you either enter instructional text, such as Select from below or Please choose one of the following, or leave the first remark blank so that an actionable remark is not the default selection.
  11. Enter instructions, if desired.
  12. Click Submit to save your template or Return to Interview Types to discard your template.

Interview template for a second round interview, with a schedule, location, questions, remarks, and comments

Managing Interview Templates

To manage existing Interview templates, click Interviewing from the Menu Bar.

Completed interview with scores, comments, and remarks

Reordering Interview Templates

Use the grip icon to drag and drop the Interview template into the preferred order.

Editing Interview Templates

Use the pencil icon to edit an existing Interview template. You can make limited edits to Interview templates once they're assigned to applicants. If you want to edit the whole Interview template, you must delete the Interview from all applicants first.

Copying Interview Templates

Use the duplicate icon to copy an existing Interview template. This allows you to take the existing template's settings and save them under a new name.

Deactivating Interview Templates

Use the trash icon to deactivate Interview templates. You can only deactivate Interview templates that are not assigned to applicants.

Working with Interviewer Availability

WebAdMIT for AMCAS allows users to configure which time slots they are available to conduct Interviews. You can adjust interview availability for yourself, or if you're in the WebAdMIT Administrators Work Group, you can adjust these settings for other users from the Admissions Users page. The calendar icon in the Admissions Users page only appears if Interviews were created/enabled, and availability can only be edited for the cycle you're working in.

To help you review everyone's interview availability, you can run the Interviewer Availability report in the Report Manager.

To adjust your interview availability settings:

  1. Click Account at the top right of WebAdMIT for AMCAS, then click Edit My Account.
  2. At the bottom of the My Account page, click Edit Availability.
  3. Click the pencil icon for the applicable Interview type.
  4. Select the days and times you're available to conduct Interviews. When assigning Interviews to applicants, you'll be grayed out for any dates/times that are unchecked here.
  5. Click Submit to save your changes or Return to Interview Availability to discard your changes.

Interviewer Availability user with two dates selected and one date unselected

Assigning Interviews

Assigning Individual Interview Types

Multiple Interviews button

  1. To assign an interview to an applicant, go to the applicant's Interviews panel and click New Interview (note that applicants can also use the Applicant Gateway to select an interview date and time.)
  2. Select the Interview type and date/time.
  3. Assign an Interviewer and location and click Submit. To select multiple interviewers, press and hold down the control key (Command on Mac) while selecting the applicable Interviewers. Only the Interviewers available on this date/time are visible in the drop-down list.

Assigning Multiple Interview Types to a Single Applicant

You may also assign multiple Interview Types at once to an individual applicant. To do so:

  1.  Go to the desired applicant's Interviews panel and click Schedule Multiple Interviews.

    Multiple Interviews button
  2. On the Schedule Multiple Interview Types page, select your desired Interviews, Dates & Times, Locations, Interviewers, and applicable Programs. Then click Next.

    Multiple interview screen
  3. If you've selected multiple interviewers, a window appears allowing you to designate which of the selected interviewers will handle each interview.

    MMI Interview Selection

When assigning multiple Interview types using this method, remember:

  • The Interview types listed are all interview types you have access to.
  • The dates, times, and locations displayed are those that exist for all Interview types chosen.
  • You can only pick Interview slots that have available seats.
  • You're not required to pick a date/time, interviewer, or location. If desired, you can return to the applicant later to make those selections.
  • The same interviewer cannot be assigned to more than one interview type. Scheduling an interviewer for different interview types can be done by assigning the interviews without using the Schedule Multiple Interviews button, or by returning to the applicant and using the edit pencil to adjust the interviewers as desired.

Assigning Interviews in Batch

If you need to dispense several Interviews at once, this can be accomplished through List Actions, Search Actions, and Clipboard Actions. To do this:

  1. Navigate to your desired Search, List, or Clipboard.
  2. Click Search Actions (or List Actions, or Clipboard Actions where applicable) and select Interview Checked Applicants.

    Selecting a batch interview from the actions menu
  3. Select which Interview Type you want to assign, and which users you want to assign to complete the Interview. If desired, you can select multiple users. To do so, press and hold down the control key (Command on Mac) while selecting the desired users. Lastly, select which programs this Interview should apply to, and click Submit.

You can also assign multiple Interview Types at once by selecting Schedule Multiple Interview Types to Checked Applicants.

Multiple Interview selection

Then, follow the steps listed above to assign the Interviews as desired. Since Interviews are enabled for applicants based on the program they applied to, an Interview type only displays here if it is available to all of the included applicants. WebAdMIT Administrators may check the Interview settings to confirm what programs each Interview type is enabled for.

Note that if the applicants included in a batch Interview-assignment outnumber the available seats for a given date/time slot, that date/time slot is grayed out to prevent overbooking. If an Interview Type is created without a maximum seat number, the Seats Open field shows N/A. This means an unlimited number of applicants can be assigned to that date/time slot.

Date and Time Interview selection old UI.jpg

Submitting Interview Results

Once applicants have been assigned to you to interview, you can view them from the Interviews panel on the Dashboard.

Interviews panel from Dashboard with multiple applicants listed

Clicking an applicant's name takes you to their Applicant Details page, where the Interview results can be submitted.

  1. Navigate to the Applicant Details page.
  2. Under the Interviews panel, click Submit Results.
  3. Enter scores and comments, where applicable. If scores are enabled, the individual question score is required. Depending on the Interview's configuration, overall scores are calculated by a sum or average of the question scores, or they can be entered independently by the interviewer.
  4. Enter overall comments and overall remarks, where applicable.
  5. Click Complete interview to submit your responses or Save without Completing to save your input for future edits.

Managing Incomplete and Completed Interviews

Once an Interview is assigned to a user, you can make select updates. Review the Gaining Access to This Feature section to learn which permissions you need to do these actions.

Applicant's Interviews panel with one completed and two incomplete interviews

Editing Incomplete Interviews

Use the pencil icon to edit incomplete Interviews, including reassigning the Interview Type, interviewer, date, time, and location.

Editing Completed Interviews

Click the date link under the Complete column. Once you finish your edits, click Update interview Results.

Deleting Incomplete and Completed Interviews

Use the trash icon to delete Interviews.

Searching for Interviews

The Search Interviews page allows you to search by Interview-specific fields. Only applicants you have permission to view will appear in your results.

  1. Using the Menu Bar, open the Applicants panel, then click Search Interviews.
  2. If filters are hidden, click Show Filters to display them.
  3. If desired, apply one or more filters to refine the list of search results. In some drop-downs, you can search by Any Value and None.
  4. Click Search to view applicants or Reset Criteria to clear your filters.

Once your search is complete, click Sort Results to sort your results by name, email address, and ID number.

Search Interviews page with completed interviews as a filter

Applying Search Actions to Selected Applicants

Use the checkboxes in the first column of your search results to select multiple applicants and apply an action. The options you see are limited to your Work Group permissions.

  • Add Checked Applicants to Clipboard: add the selected applicants to the Clipboard.
  • Assign Checked Applicants: assign the selected applicants to a specific admission user (this function only appears if Assignments are configured).
  • Interview Checked Applicants: create an Interview for the selected applicants (this function only appears if Interviews are configured).
  • Change Checked Applicants' Status: change the Local Status for the selected applicants (this function only appears if Local Statuses are configured).
  • Clear Last Printed Date for ALL Docs for Checked Applicants: remove the Document Last Printed date recorded in WebAdMIT for AMCAS for the selected applicants.
  • Email Checked Applicants: send an email to the selected applicants.
  • Clear Last Exported Date Timestamp for Checked Applicants: remove the Last Exported date recorded in WebAdMIT for AMCAS for the selected applicants.
  • Update Custom Fields for Checked Applicants: update the custom fields that have been defined for selected applicants (this function only appears if Custom Fields are configured).
  • Accept Checked Applicants Requirement Criterion: select a requirement and update the response to that requirement for the selected applicants (this function only appears if Requirements are configured).
  • Enable Applicant Gateway Activities for Checked Applicants: activate the pre-configured Applicant Gateway activities for selected applicants (only available for select CASs; this function only appears if Applicant Gateway activities are configured).

Warning: enabling Applicant Gateway Activities and Assigning/Interviewing Checked Applicants are advanced functions that can’t be undone in batch. Confirm that your search results and selections are accurate before performing the change.

Bulk search actions drop-down on the Search Assignments page

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