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# Interview types

> An interview type is a reusable template for a round of interviewing — for example "Technical Round", "Culture Fit", or "Final Panel".

An interview type is a reusable template for a round of interviewing — for example "Technical Round", "Culture Fit", or "Final Panel". Instead of re-picking the same interviewers and re-typing the same competencies every time you schedule, you define the round once here and pick it when you [schedule an interview](/hr/user/recruitment/interviews). Choosing a type seeds the new interview's panel and the competencies the panel will score, which keeps your interviewing consistent across candidates for the same role.

This page covers creating and managing interview types.

**You'll find this at:** `/hr/recruitment/interview-types`

> 📷 *Screenshot: Interview Types list with the New Type button — to be added.*

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## Before you start

* **Which business am I in?** Interview types are scoped to the business selected in the switcher.
* **Managing types is a configuration task.** Creating, editing, and deleting interview types needs the `hr-recruitment:config` permission. Anyone with `hr-recruitment:read` can see them; only a configurer sees the **New Type**, edit, and delete controls.

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## What an interview type holds

| Field                       | Required | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| --------------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Type name**               | Yes      | What this round is called, e.g. "Technical Round".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Designation**             | No       | The role this type is aimed at (used as a filter).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Description**             | No       | Free-form note about the round.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Expected average rating** | No       | The bar you expect a passing candidate to clear (a 0–9.99 score). On the [interview detail](/hr/user/recruitment/interviews) page this shows as the "expected average" against the panel's actual average, so an interviewer can see at a glance whether the candidate met the bar. |
| **Interviewers**            | No       | The default panel — the people who normally run this round. Seeded onto a new interview when you pick this type.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Skills to assess**        | No       | The competencies the panel scores (each panelist rates them 1–5 stars). Seeded onto a new interview when you pick this type.                                                                                                                                                        |

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## Creating an interview type

Choose **New Type** (needs `hr-recruitment:config`).

> 📷 *Screenshot: New Interview Type dialog — to be added.*

1. Give the type a **name** (required).
2. Optionally set a **designation** and a **description**.
3. **Add interviewers** — search the user directory and add each person who normally sits on this panel. Click the ✕ on a chip to remove one.
4. **Add skills to assess** — type a skill name and choose **Add**; it appears as a chip. These become the competencies panelists score.
5. **Create**.

Each interview type listed on the page shows its name, designation, description, the competency chips, and an interviewer count.

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## Editing & deleting

With `hr-recruitment:config`, each type card has pencil (edit) and trash (delete) buttons. Deleting asks for confirmation. Deleting a type does not affect interviews already scheduled from it — those interviews keep their own copy of the panel and competencies.

> **Types seed, they don't bind.** When you schedule an interview and pick a type, its interviewers and competencies are copied onto that interview as a starting point — you can then add or remove either for that specific round. Changing the type later won't reach back and rewrite interviews already created from it.

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## Permissions

| Action                               | Permission              |
| ------------------------------------ | ----------------------- |
| View interview types                 | `hr-recruitment:read`   |
| Create, edit, delete interview types | `hr-recruitment:config` |

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## Related

* [Interviews](/hr/user/recruitment/interviews) — scheduling rounds and capturing scorecards
* [Job applicants](/hr/user/recruitment/job-applicants) — the candidates being interviewed
* [Recruitment overview & dashboard](/hr/user/recruitment/overview)