Online interviews

One the day of your interview, you’ll need to join the Teams meeting. To do so, open Teams and go to Calendar on the left-hand side of the screen. Locate the meeting and click on it. Then select ‘Join' or ‘Join online’. This will take you to a screen where you’ll have the opportunity to check your camera and microphone settings before entering the meeting.

Please note, depending on the email platform you use, the Microsoft Teams invite may not automatically appear in your Teams app (as described below). In this case, you simply need to click the link provided in the original invitation email to join the meeting. 

Once you are in the meeting, you have a number of options to control. Along the top/bottom (depending on your version) of the screen, you have three options that you need to be aware of. Note: you may need to hover your mouse over the Teams window for these options to be visible. 

• Camera
  
  This option needs to be displayed as it is in the above image. If it has a strike through it, this means the camera function is turned off and the interviewer won’t be able to see you

• Microphone
  
  This option needs to be displayed as it is in the above image. If it has a strike through it, this means the microphone function is turned off and the interviewer won’t be able to hear you

• Leave meeting/end call
  
  This button is only used when you wish to exit the interview. At the end of the interview, select this button to end the call. If the interviewer ends the call before you select this, you may not need to as the call will automatically end

We recommend that you join the meeting on a laptop/desktop with sufficient audio and video capabilities. However, we understand this is not always possible. 

If you want to join the meeting from a mobile device, the process will be largely the same. However, depending on the email platform that you are using, the Microsoft Teams invite may not appear in the Teams app. In this case, you will simply need to click the link in the invite that was emailed to you, to join the meeting. 

If for any reason you have to use Skype instead of Microsoft Teams, the process will be largely the same as using Microsoft Teams. However, some of the controls may be in a different place or named slightly differently. 

You will still need to accept the meeting invite, join the meeting at your designated time and make sure that your camera and microphone are enabled.

Accepting the meeting

This can be done in Outlook, when the Email comes through from your interviewer. Simple select 'Accept' at the top of the email, then select 'Send the response now'.

Joining the meeting

To join the meeting at your designated time, open the Skype app/application and select the calendar icon. Once there, you should see your invite under 'Today'. Simply click 'Join' when you are ready. 

Key controls

The same controls apply in Skype as they do in Teams. So, once you're in the meeting you'll need to make sure the camera and microphone are enabled. To do this, just make sure that both the camera and microphone icons don't have a strike through them, if they do, simple click the icon to enable that element. You will also have a red 'End Call' button which is used when you have finished your interview and wish to leave the meeting.