The date, time, duration, and location of your interview(s) can be viewed from your Crimson Careers account.
Typical Interviews
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take place between 9:00am and 5:00pm ET but may vary based on employer and student locations.
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last 30 to 60 minutes
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may be scheduled through Crimson Careers or directly with the employer
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will take place virtually through employer virtual platforms or OCS virtual rooms in 2020 - 2021
However, there are exceptions to all of these criteria, so students should be checking their @college, @fas, or @post email frequently if going through the OCS Recruiting Program process.
Preselect Interview Schedules
The vast majority of employers choose to “preselect” candidates. This means that they review (“prescreen”) applicant materials in advance, and only select a limited number of candidates for interviews. Employers using this method begin making decisions about candidates approximately five days after the application deadline. The decision time will vary from employer to employer, but we request that they make a decision no later than one week prior to the interview date. When a decision has been made about your candidacy, you will be emailed by the employer, and your application status on Crimson Careers will change from “Pending” to “Invited,” “Not Invited,” or “Alternate.” If you have not heard by the interview date, you should consider your application declined.
Open Interview Schedules
A few employers, most often nonprofit organizations, choose to have one or more interview schedules “open.” This means that the employer does not wish to prescreen the candidate, and interested students may sign-up for interviews on a first-come, first-served basis. The process to apply to open positions is the same as for any other position. The difference is that if there are openings on the employer’s schedule, the system will automatically select you as accepted for an interview and you will be able to sign-up immediately. The deadline for applying to open schedules is two days prior to the interview date.
