[23rd graduate] Virtual interviews are compatible with engineer recruitment

My name is Fujisawa, and I am in charge of public relations and recruitment, and I have finally had my wisdom teeth removed.

In March 2022, we conducted a virtual interview

It is an interview in which avatars talk to each other, regardless of educational background, age, or gender.

I have written about the details in my previous blog, so if you are interested, please read it.

[23rd graduate] Would you like to apply for the “Virtual Interview”?

I will write about what I noticed after actually doing a virtual interview

The quality of your avatar makes a big difference in your impression.

First of all, the best part of this virtual interview is the conversation between avatars.

Beyond prepared an avatar with short blonde hair called ``beyond-chan,'' and the students were also free to prepare their own avatars.

As expected, everyone's hairstyle, eye color, clothing, background, presence or absence of a voice changer, etc. were all different, and the avatar creation tools were also different for each person.

Most of the people prepared their avatars just for this virtual interview, so I was very grateful at that point, but I was particularly grateful that the avatars and background images had a proper meaning, and that they helped me create the avatars. I had a very good impression of the people who spent a lot of time preparing for the event, including learning the tools from scratch.

I believe that the people who prepared their avatars thoroughly enjoyed this virtual interview and were willing to take on the challenge. Therefore, the quality of the avatar became the standard for evaluating a person's ingenuity and aspiration for Beyond.

You can ask what you have studied so far without any filters.

Up until now, I had looked into the person's school, faculty, and department to find out what they had studied, but in this virtual interview, the only information I had was their avatar and nickname, so I didn't have any filters to find out. I was able to hear what other people have learned. I think this is the most important factor in hiring regardless of academic background.

In fact, those who passed the virtual interview had to submit their resumes before the final interview, and we learned their real names and schools for the first time, so we were able to make selections based solely on the information provided during the virtual interview, which led to our success this time. I think it is.

Both the interviewer and the student were able to relax and have a conversation.

Several people said, ``I was able to talk more relaxedly than in a normal interview,'' and I realized that talking between avatars is very compatible with interviews.

I think it's quite difficult to wear a suit and promote yourself through online calls. However, conversations between avatars can only take place online, and I felt that by not revealing my face, name, age, gender, or educational background, I could sometimes reveal my true self.

In fact, when I was in charge of beyond-chan, I was a little nervous at first, but after about 15 minutes, we were able to have a normal conversation. I no longer feel strange when the other person is an avatar, and I feel like I became more talkative than usual after getting into the "zone" of the virtual interview.

Although I have said that I don't place much importance on academic background,

I wrote in a previous blog that Beyond didn't really place much emphasis on academic background in selection, but when we actually decided to do a virtual interview within the company, we found out whether this person had a liberal arts background or not. There were also situations where we were asked to find out personal information, such as whether the person majored in science, whether they were male or female, etc. (I don't know the correct answer even if I search)

It wasn't until I thought back on that time that I realized, ``Oh, I was really concerned about my educational background and gender.''

Of course, academic background is necessary information to judge what kind of studies a person has studied and how much they have studied, but I thought that they did not place much importance on that, so I decided to use this virtual interview. I realized that I had unconsciously applied a filter.

All the people who entered were excellent.

The best thing about the virtual interview was that only talented people applied

To be honest, I thought there would be some shy people, but there were no such people.They submitted their entry sheets well, prepared their avatars, and had a good conversation during the interview. There was only one person who could do it.

If there are so many talented people, we are considering within the company that it might be a good idea to try hiring them mid-career.

Anyway, it is no exaggeration to say that this virtual interview was a great success.

Virtual interviews are compatible with engineering recruitment

So, this is a summary of what I noticed after doing a virtual interview.

This case was covered by various media

Once again, I would like to thank everyone who took part in the unique virtual interview process.

Beyond will continue to work on new recruitment methods, so we would be happy if you could keep an eye on us.

Now, I'm Fujisawa, in charge of public relations and recruitment.