What it is
The interview cockpit is your calendar-first view of every interview in flight: today’s strip for the morning of an interview block, a week grid for lookahead and prep, a backlog of candidates who should be on the calendar but aren’t yet, and a completed list to confirm outcomes were captured. It keeps the whole interview stage in one place.
Interviews are where most pipelines lose time — to missed prep, double-bookings and outcomes that never got written down. Having today, the week, the backlog and the completed list together means nothing slips: you prep from the week grid, clear the backlog, and confirm every interview left a recorded result so the funnel keeps moving.
When to use it
- It’s the morning of an interview block and you need today’s list
- You’re prepping reviewers and CVs for the week ahead
- Candidates are waiting to be scheduled in
- You’re confirming interview outcomes were all logged
How it works
Step by step.
- 1
Start with today
The today strip shows the interviews happening now, so you open the morning knowing exactly what’s on.
- 2
Look ahead on the week grid
Use the week view to prep: read CVs, brief reviewers, confirm rooms. Lookahead is where good interviews are won.
- 3
Clear the backlog
The backlog lists candidates who should be on the calendar but aren’t. Schedule them in from there so no one waits.
- 4
Run the interview
Hold the interview as scheduled, with the candidate, reviewer and brief already lined up from your prep.
- 5
Confirm the outcome is logged
Scan the completed list to check every interview left a recorded result — advance, hold or decline — so the funnel reflects reality.
Worked example
Follow it through.
The scenario
You have a care-worker interview block this morning and two candidates still unscheduled.
- 1 Open the cockpit; today’s strip shows three interviews, first at 9:30 with Daniel Cho.
- 2 Check the week grid and confirm the reviewer for Daniel and rooms for all three.
- 3 In the backlog, two Brightwater candidates are waiting — schedule both into Thursday slots.
- 4 Run the morning’s interviews as listed.
- 5 Scan the completed list at day’s end: all three carry a logged outcome.
The result
Today’s block runs cleanly, the backlog is cleared into Thursday, and every interview has a recorded outcome feeding the funnel.
Tips & notes
Good to know.
- The today strip is your morning focus; the week grid is your prep — use both, not just the one in front of you.
- A growing backlog is an early warning that interviews are falling behind sourcing — clear it before it stalls the funnel.
- The completed list is a safety net: scan it to catch any interview whose outcome never got written down.
- Prep from the week grid the day before — briefed reviewers and read CVs make for far better interviews.
When you’re done
A clean interview stage with nothing unscheduled and every outcome logged.