Interviews + Interview Questions

This article will highlight how admin and student users can input an interview experience as well as how admin users approve student interviews and interview questions.

Interview and Questions are part of the Research Tools suite and therefore governed by the ODA Access settings.  Only data where the years are available will display to students.  Please make sure to check your ODA Access settings to ensure that the Interviews and Questions will display correctly to your students. To learn more about ODA Access, visit this article. 

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How an admin adds an interview for a student user:

1. From the left navigation panel, select Students & Alumni, and then select the student you want to add an interview for. 
   
   

2. Select the Interview Questions tab at the top. You may select to add an interview for a Post-Graduation or Internship outcome. 
   
   
   

3. Select + Add Interview  next to the Job Phase.

3. On this page, pertinent interview details can be filled out. Select Add a question to add a new question. Select Add an Interviewer to add a contact.
   
   
   

4. When adding an interview question, you can select from existing questions or check the box to add another question, which will add the question and keep the prompt box open when you click Save
   
   
5. When clicking Add an Interviewer, filling out the details, and clicking save, it creates a new contact that can be approved or rejected from the contact notification menu
   
   
   
6. Click Add once you have completed the interview form. The Interview is automatically approved and will be added to the student's profile on the Interviews tab.
   

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How to add an interview as a student:

1. Select the Interview Questions from the left-hand navigation menu
   
   
   

2.  Select + Add Interview next to the Job Phase.
   
   
   
3. On this page, pertinent interview details can be filled out. Select Add a question to add a new question. Select Add an Interviewer to add a contact.
   
   

1. 1. 3. When adding an interview question, you can select from existing questions or check the box to add another question, which will add the question and keep the prompt box open when you click Save
         
         
         
      4. When clicking Add an Interviewer, filling out the details, and clicking save, it creates a new contact that can be approved or rejected from the contact notification menu
         
         
         
      5. Click Add once you have completed the interview form. The Interview is automatically approved and will be added to the student's profile on the Interviews tab.
         
         
         
      6. Once a student adds an interview, it will show under the Interview Questions module
         
         
         

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How to approve an interview (Admin User):

1. Select Notifications from the left-hand panel, and then select Interviews from the menu options that appear.
   
   
   

2. You will land on the Data Validation page. Each pending interview includes details like the student's name and graduation class, company name, interview date/round, and job title. Select Expand to review the details of the pending interview. Select Approve to approve the Interview
   
   

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How to approve interview questions (Admin User):

1. Select Notifications from the left-hand navigation panel, and then select Interview Questions.
   
   

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3. You will be directed to the Interview Questions section of the Manage Libraries page. Please Note: Both Interviews and Questions must be approved in order for either to show in the database for students. Select Review to review the question.
   

4. You may select to Accept Question the interview question or search for similar questions and merge the questions together.
   
   
   

5. If Accept Question is selected a new window will appear, enter the details and select Add Question.
   
   

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Frequently Asked Questions

The student submitted an interview question, but it was not visible to other students. What do I do?
Please ensure that the interview is approved, the interview question is approved, and ODA data is released for that Graduation year. For more information on ODA Access Site Settings, please see this article.

Can interviewers be added as contacts by students?
Yes, when a student adds a new interviewer (i.e. the student does not select an existing option from the drop-down menu), the interviewer contact will appear under the "Contacts" notifications for site administrators to approve or reject. To learn more about approving or rejecting contacts, please see this article.