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Frequently Asked Questions

MANAGERS


How do I transfer the account to a new Manager?

Please have the new Manager send an email to support@interviewbroker.com, stating that they accept the Terms of Use, along with the first and last name. Please copy the current manager in the email. Once received, it may take up to 3 business days to process the transfer.

Can I share one Manager account with multiple staff members?

Yes. But, beware. Just like making an airline reservation online, any updates that occur on your Campaigns, whether you make the updates yourself, your staff makes the updates, or your Applicants perform the updates, will not be reflected in a separate session until that session is refreshed. For example, if both you and your assistant are logged into the same page and you decide to update an Applicant's name, your screen would immediately refresh to reflect the new change. However, your assistant's screen would not reflect the change until your assistant were to refresh the same page.

To avoid any problems, we recommend designating a single person to make updates to your Campaigns.


CAMPAIGNS & INTERVIEW DAYS


Do you support AM/PM interview day schedules?

By request, we have added support for those programs that schedule two sets of unique Applicants per day, one set in the AM and one set in the PM. On creating a Campaign, Managers will be given the option to select either an AM/PM scheduling scheme or a single daily scheduling scheme.

How do I handle multiple interview tracks (e.g. Categoricals and Prelims) or locations?

If you have multiple interview tracks or locations, we recommend you create separate campaigns to handle each group. Each campaign will have its own distinct set of applicants, dates, etc. From the dashboard page, click on the "Add New Campaign" button to create a new campaign.

Why is the imported Applicant count one more than the actual count?

Simply because the system automatically adds the Manager as an Applicant. This is to enable the Manager to test email templates before sending them out to Applicants. Any email sent to the Manager's email address is free of charge. Please refer to the Billing Section.


APPLICANTS


Should I import all my Applicants into Interview Broker?

In certain situations, it may make more sense to import only those Applicants who your Program intends on interview. This specifically applies to large Programs that receive thousands of applications. Importing too large a number of Applicants into your campaign, i.e. greater than 2000 Applicants, may cause access to your Campaign to be sluggish. However, in no way would the Applicant experience be degraded.

How do I avoid Applicants who hold out to schedule their interviews?

Often times, Applicants will not schedule their interviews as they wait for more options. One way to favor Applicants who want to interview at your Program is to modify your invitation template to indicate that more invitations are sent than interview slots and that those who choose to schedule late run the risk of not being able to schedule at all. This strategy would likely be more applicable towards the middle and end of the interview season.

How did an Applicant decline a scheduled interview on a locked interview date?!

An Applicant can decline to be further considered by your program at any time. It is utterly rude to do this last minute, right before an interview, but nothing can prevent this whether inside or outside of our systems. The vast majority of managers have indicated that they would rather know last minute than to deal with a no show on the day of an interview.

For Applicants who still want to be considered for your program, the lockout does prevent self-rescheduling and self-cancellation. As the Manager, you can manually re/schedule, waitlist, cancel, and decline any applicant at any time.


INVITATIONS


Is there anything I should do before sending out my invitations?

Yes! Let your Applicants know through ERAS that you'll be scheduling through Interview Broker. And, make sure you imported your Applicants correctly, checking the first name and last name columns under the Applicants tab.

How many invitations should I send out?

You're going to be surprised at how quickly Applicants schedule their interviews. Filling 400 to 600 interview slots within 24 hrs is not an uncommon rate. Please consider the following:

  • Try not to initially invite substantially more applicants than interview slots. Inviting 400 applicants for 300 interview slots is often overkill and frustrating for the remaining 100 applicants.
  • Inviting fewer applicants than your maximum interview slots allows for greater flexibility, easier rescheduling and happier Applicants.
  • Send out invitations in batches separated by a few days. You will still finish scheduling very early but will also provide your Applicants a bit of latitude to schedule rather than the frenzy of selecting from quickly disappearing dates within a single 24 hr period.

A few of my invited Applicants still haven't scheduled!

Try sending them another invitation. (Your program is only charged once for an Applicant.) This is the internet, with multiple computers, mobile devices, networks, and server software in the middle. Rarely, an email can be misplaced or redirected into a spam filter. Sometimes, a mailbox is completely full!


EMAIL TEMPLATES/CONFIGURATION


What are the available email templates under the Configuration section?

  • Invitation: An offer to interview at your Program.
  • Rejection: A rejection email.
  • Alternate: An alternate list email. This is not an invitation. This template is to inform applicants that they are on a traditional waitlist. Such applicants are not sent a scheduling link and are not able to schedule an interview until an invitation email is sent.
  • Acceptance: An email of acceptance into your Program.
  • Request for Interviewers: An email addressed to your pool of interviewers and requesting that they sign up for interview dates.
  • Interview Day Details: A follow up email to be sent to Applicants who have self-scheduled with details about the interview day, i.e. directions, locations, general schedule, etc. If your Program schedules AM and PM interviews, you will see a separate template for AM and PM details.
  • Custom: A custom, ad-hoc email which can be sent to Applicants. This can be to send a reminder, a weather report, dinner details, an update, etc. Please be advised that we do not track these custom emails in our system.
An Applicants status changes within our system based on what emails you have sent them. Please refer to the Applicants section of this FAQ for further information.

Which of these email templates are sent out automatically?

None. We do not send out any emails derived from these templates automatically. You are solely responsible for sending out appropriate emails to your applicants. Our systems do send out a brief confirmatory notification when your Applicants successfully schedule or reschedule, or decline an invitation.

Why isn't my file attachment showing up in the email editor?

A file attached to an email template is simply that. You can use file attachments to include maps, contracts, etc. with your outgoing email templates. It is NOT the content of your email template. If you were to attempt to send out a blank email template, your Applicants would receive a blank email. Please do not confuse email template content with an attached file.

How do I preview my email templates?



There is a preview icon in the editor toolbar by which you can view preview your email template. Also, you can send each type of email template to yourself -- as an Applicant with your manager email address -- without incurring any fees.

Why aren't my links turning blue?

The color of links is a setting / configuration in your web browser (whether Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari, etc.). The color of links is not an InterviewBroker setting. For most browsers, an unvisited link is underlined and blue. A visited link is underlined and purple.

Why doesn't my template look like it does in Microsoft Word or my other word processors?

Microsoft Word and other word processors may introduce hidden tags specific to their software which can cause your email template to look different in our editor and our systems. In order to avoid any surprises, we recommend composing your email templates within our editor rather than copy-and-pasting directly from a word processor. We cannot and will not troubleshoot your email template if you performed a copy-and-paste.


QUESTIONNAIRES


How do I use the questionnaire feature?

Following up with hundreds of Applicants via email or phone to ask specific, interview day-related questions and collating the resultant responses can be a quite a chore. We implemented the questionnaire feature to allow you to finish your interview day planning in a single step. Common questions include:

  • What specialties interest you?
  • Will you require hotel accommodations?
  • What are your dietary restrictions?
  • Will you be attending the pre-interview dinner or post-interview happy hour?
You can specify multiple questions (120 characters max per question) in the Questionnaire tab of the Config page. Applicants will be prompted to answer these questions on the same page by which they self-schedule their interviews.

How much does the questionnaire feature cost?

Each question is billed at $0.25 per question per applicant, irregardless of whether the applicant answers the question or not.

Can I change or remove questions during my Campaign?

Once invitations are sent out, the questions cannot be modified or deleted for the course of your Campaign. You can however add questions at any time. Please plan carefully!

Where can I see the Applicant responses to my questionnaire?

Applicant responses are presented in the Interview Day Details report. In order to generate this report for a given interview day, click on the printer icon labeled Print Report in the header of the interview day on the Overview page.