In 2020, the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) faced a daunting task: It needed to fill more than 900 job vacancies—and fast. The center, which does things like inspect pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, was in the process of modernizing the FDA’s New Drugs Regulatory Program just as the pandemic started. It faced “a surge in work,” along with new constraints that have affected everyone during the pandemic, including travel limitations and lockdowns.
Do asynchronous video interviews (AVIs) work? Many HR experts believe that one-way video interviews are dehumanizing the recruiting process.
Job interviews are always nerve-racking for new entrants and even for experienced hands. Nowadays, the process might have become a little sanitized with initial interactions via a computer screen, but the task is no less daunting.
People are now required to first go through an inanimate interview via a computer. This is the new tech way of whittling down candidates to the few suitable ones.