Overview

With the Spark Hire, you can invite candidates to complete one-way video interviews directly and watch and share video interviews in Paycor Recruiting.

Getting Started

Purchase the Spark Hire Integration

1. You must purchase a Spark Hire account: Go to the Paycor Marketplace and click Spark Hire Video Interviewing to connect with a Spark Hire representative.

2. Next, please contact the Recruiting Support Team to enable the Video Interviewing feature for you in Paycor Recruiting.

Steps to Activate the Integration

After having the Spark Hire integration enabled by Recruiting Support follow these steps:

Go to SparkHire:

1. Log in to your Spark Hire user account and go to Settings > Integration > Paycor.

2. Click Activate Integration.

3. Your User API Key is automatically generated. Copy the API key.

4. Proceed to the next section:

Go to Paycor Recruiting:

1. Log in and go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking. Your Recruiting dashboard appears. 

2. At the top, click Admin and select Company Settings. The Company Settings screen appears.

3. On the left, go to the Integrations section and click Video Interviewing.  The Video Interviewing screen appears. 

4. In the Spark Hire Integration field, click the toggle to ON, and then click save. 

5. Click the Add Users link, select the appropriate users, and click SAVE.  

6. Next to each user, paste the users’ Spark Hire User API Key and click SAVE. The popup disappears, and the screen updates with the users and API keys.

Steps to Add Spark Hire to Job Records

The Spark Hire users you added in Recruiting can now set up their job records to facilitate sending video interview requests to candidates.

1. Log in and go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking. The Recruiting dashboard appears. 

2. Click a job title, and when the job appears, at the top left, click the blue more info icon. 

3. In the Job Info popup, go to the Video Interviewing section.

4. Click Link Job to Spark Hire to link the job record to a corresponding job in Spark Hire. The screen updates with a check mark. 

5. Click Question Set to select the desired set of questions to ask your candidates during their video interviews, then click SAVE:

• You can modify the question set selection at any time.
• You can also create or modify the available question sets in Spark Hire.

Process Overview for Sending and Canceling Interview Requests

You are now ready to send Spark Hire video interview requests to your candidates from Recruiting!

Sending a Video Interview Request

Step 1. In Recruiting, open a candidate record, then click Video Interview.   

Step 2. Click the Request Video Interview button.

• An Expiration Date is required for all video interview requests. 
• The system defaults to the date to one week from today. You can modify this selection at your discretion.
• If a video interview request that is not completed by the candidate ahead of the defined Expiration Date, it automatically expires at midnight on that date.   

Step 3. Click Send Request.   

Step 4. The candidate receives an invitation email from Spark Hire, allowing them to accept and proceed with their video interview proceeds: 

• The candidate creates their own personal user account in SparkHire as part of this process.
• The Video Interview Requested item is added to the candidate's newsfeed for tracking purposes.

Step 5. Additional status updates are added to the candidate's newsfeed as they proceed through the video interview process in SparkHire.

Canceling a Video Interview Request

Step 1. To cancel a pending video interview request, in Recruiting, open a candidate record, and then click Video Interview.   

Step 2. Click Cancel Request, and in the pop-up, click Yes, Cancel Request. 

Step 3. The candidate receives an email notification indicating their video interview request was canceled.

Step 4. The candidate's newsfeed updates with the Video Interview Canceled item.

Steps to View a Completed Video Interview Request

After a candidate completes their video interview, the candidate record in Recruiting is automatically updated with the SparkHire data.

Navigate to the Video Interview tab to review the Video Interview Complete status.   

The Video Interview Completed item will be added to the candidate's newsfeed for tracking purposes.

Click the View Completed Interview button to open a new window where you can view the candidate's recorded video interview.   

Spark Hire Video Interviewing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)