Prelude
Prelude (formerly Interview Schedule) is a program GitLab uses to increase efficiency in scheduling interviews.
Prelude is the scheduling tool that the Candidate Experience Team uses to book interviews. Prelude is integrated with Greenhouse via API. DRI: Candidate Experience Team
Logging in to Prelude
To log in, visit Prelude.co, click “Sign In”, click “Sign in with Google”, and then use your GitLab email address.
How to schedule 1:1 via Prelude
- In Greenhouse click on “schedule loop” located on the top of the screen when you’re in a candidate profile
- Under “Interview Name”, choose the specific interview you’d like to schedule (ie Hiring Manager Interview)
- Under “Interviewers” type the name of the person who you need to schedule the interview with
- If there is an alternative (i.e. Nancy OR Brittany), click on the interviewer’s name
- the dropdown will prompt
Add Alternates
- Add the alternative interviewer’s name
- Click
Done
- Set the duration of the interview, Click “next”,
- This will take you to the candidate’s availability which is auto-populated from Greenhouse. Click “next”
- Find the interview time that works best and hit “select”
- Click “Add Zoom to meeting” under each interview
- Ensure the Interview Calendar is selected on the bottom of the page so the interview gets put on the appropriate calendar
- Once you see the confirmation message at the top of the screen that the interview invites have been successfully sent, you can close the Prelude tab and go back to Greenhouse
- Once you refresh Greenhouse, you should see the interviews populated
- Lastly, you’ll send candidate confirmations via Guide
How to schedule technical or behavioral interviews using pools and attributes
- In Greenhouse click on “schedule loop” located on the top left hand side of the screen
- Under “Interviewers” type the name of the pool who you need to schedule the interview with (e.g. ruby on rails, golang, support technical, support behavioral)
- Note: You can add 2 pools to this field
- i.e.
Support Technical
ANDSupport Technical Shadow
- You can also add a specific interviewer AND someone from a pool
- i.e.
Nancy Thomas
ANDSupport Technical
- Ensure the duration of the interview is correct, click
next
- Adding the appropriate Attribute filters at the bottom for 2nd attribute (e.g. americas, apac, non-male)
- Click
Next
- This will take you to the candidate’s availability. Click “next”
- Find the interview time that works best and hit “select”
- Click “Add Zoom to meeting” under each interview
- Ensure the Interview Calendar is selected on the bottom so the interview gets put on the appropriate calendar
- Lastly, you’ll send candidate confirmations via Guide
How to update a pool in Prelude
- Click on the
Settings
tab at the top of the screen - Go down to the Attributes section in the left hand panel and select
- Hit
View All Attributes
- Select the attribute you need to add/remove someone from
- In this screen, you can add or remove any person from a specific attribute.
- Make sure to hit
Save
when you’re done
How to update an interviewer’s preferences
- Click on the
Settings
tab at the top of the screen - Go down to the Attributes section on the left hand panel and select
Interviewer Preferences
- Add availability preferences, ensure the time zone is accurate, and consider interview limits.
Read about how to organize your calendar on the Interviewer Prep Requirements page.
Last modified June 27, 2024: Fix various vale errors (
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