Online interview questionnaire form template
Ask every candidate the same interview questions online, so you compare candidate answers instead of juggling a dozen phone calls. Candidates respond in their own time, by text or video.
Phone-screening a shortlist means a week of scheduling emails, missed calls, and asking each candidate slightly different questions, depending on how the conversation flows. By the end you're comparing half-remembered chats, not their actual answers. Typeform's online interview questionnaire sends the same questions to every candidate at once, so they answer on their own time and you review clean, consistent answers.
Candidates work through your interview questions one at a time—from their experience to how they'd handle a real scenario, and they can also answer by text or video format. A candidate who mentions managing a team gets a follow-up on its size and how long they led it, while one who hasn't may skip ahead. Everyone answers the same core questions, so the responses line up for easy comparison.
Instead of screening the three candidates you had time to call, you can screen more qualified candidates who applied. The strongest answers rise to the top, and your live interview slots go to the candidates who earned them.
An online interview questionnaire is a set of interview questions candidates answer online, in their own time, instead of on a scheduled call. It captures how candidates think, what they've done, and how they'd approach the role, all in a consistent format. Recruiters and hiring teams use online interview questionnaires to screen more candidates without booking a call with each one.
Without an online interview questionnaire, early screening means scheduling multiple phone calls around everyone's calendar, and asking slightly different questions each time. You get through only a handful of candidates, and their answers aren't comparable because no two conversations went the same way. An online interview questionnaire asks everyone the same core questions up front, so you screen the whole pool on the same criteria.
Capture how a candidate thinks:
- Their relevant experience
- How they'd handle a real scenario
- Why they want the role
- Availability and logistics
- A work sample or portfolio link
Yes. Candidates can record a video or audio answer up to two minutes each, or type a response instead, using Typeform's video and audio answers on Growth and Talent plans. Hearing a candidate explain their thinking shows you things writing can't, like how they communicate and think on their feet. Every recording comes back attached to their other answers.
Send the online interview questionnaire right after an application comes in, as the first screening step before any live interview. It filters the pool while candidates are still engaged, so your calendar fills with qualified candidates worth meeting, instead of simply everyone who applied. For high-volume roles, build it into the application itself, so every candidate is screened the moment they apply.
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