Interview scheduling: the two-week problem
Coordinating three panel members and twelve candidates shouldn’t take a fortnight.
Interview scheduling is one of the most underappreciated sources of delay in Government recruitment. Coordinating a three-person panel with twelve candidates across a two-week window, accounting for leave, conflicts, room availability, and video setup, is genuinely complex when done manually.
The typical process: a flurry of emails between HR coordinator, panel members, and candidates, with each scheduling change triggering another round. A single panel member’s availability change can shift the entire schedule by a week.
Self-scheduling platforms, where candidates select from pre-approved slots within panel parameters, can compress this stage from two weeks to two or three days. The technology is straightforward. The barrier is organisational.