Job interviews

New and updated

• Letter inviting a job applicant to an interview

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the option to interview remotely to reflect the increase in remote recruitment due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and precautionary measures where interviewees attend the premises during the outbreak.

• Letter rejecting a job applicant after an interview

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include a reference to an interview conducted remotely to reflect the increase in remote recruitment due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• Letter inviting a job applicant to a second interview

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the option to interview remotely to reflect the increase in remote recruitment due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and precautionary measures where interviewees attend the premises during the outbreak.

• Recruitment selection techniques

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Updated to include a case study about a targeted recruitment campaign at a hotel group.

• Guide improves recruitment for visibly different candidates

  Date:

  23 September 2019

  Type:

  News

  Changing Faces has launched a guide to help employers provide a positive recruitment process for people with a visible difference such as a mark or scar.

• Age discrimination: Interviewer says "I've just noticed how old you are" to interviewee

  Date:

  24 October 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In James v Coedffranc Community Council, an employment tribunal upheld an unsuccessful job applicant's age discrimination claim after an interviewer said "I've just noticed how old you are" and jotted down older candidates' ages on interview notes.

• Interviewing job candidates

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to reflect the average compensation awarded for sex discrimination in 2018/19.

• Question on an application form asking an individual if they require any reasonable adjustments to be made for an interview due to disability

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation in force from 25 May 2018.

• Interview assessment form

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Letter rejecting a job applicant who has not been shortlisted for an interview

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.