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Conducting audio or video interviews with Positly

Updated: 02, Thu, 2023 03:25 PM

Instant interviews

Instant interviews are great when you don’t need to do pre-screening and are targeting a general audience.

To set up an instant interview simply:

  1. Create a Run in Positly
  2. Make sure to limit the run to 1 Participant
  3. Write a very clear Activity title and description for Participants
  4. Include a link to your call (we recommend using either Appear.In, Google Meet or Zoom)
  5. Start the call and make sure your Completion link is on hand
  6. Publish your run and wait for a Participant to appear – often within a minute!
  7. At the end of the call use the chat window to share the Completion link with the Participant and instruct them to click it to complete the interview and receive their incentive

Scheduled interviews

If you need to screen a Participant or want to schedule the interview for a specific time then you can do this by creating an interview booking Activity. This is a simple survey that checks their eligibility and then asks them to confirm a suitable time.

Here’s how to create your screening and booking Activity

  1. Make sure you pay a small incentive amount (not the full amount)
  2. Make sure to state clearly in the Activity title and description that this is to schedule an interview and what bonus they will receive on completion of the interview.
  3. Make sure you automatically record the Participant ID so that you can Message and Bonus the Participant later)
  4. Include your screening criteria (if applicable)
  5. Ask a Participant to pick a suitable time
  6. Include the Completion link so that they can be approved for completing the screening and booking Activity
  7. Pick which times suit both you and the Participant
  8. Send a Message to the Participant to confirm the time and the link to the call (or phone dial in details)
  9. After the call is complete you can use the Participant ID to send a Bonus to the Participant

If you’re wondering what this experience is like, here is an example screening and booking activity (select “Diabetes”).

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