Case Study: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Australia achieves a streamlined, accessible virtual hiring event of 300+ interviews with VidCruiter

How PM&C conducts 300+ interviews in 4 days with VidCruiter

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Australia faced complex logistics running its annual four-day graduate hiring event—more than 300 candidates were flown in for speed interviews, panel rotations, group exercises and on-site assessments—creating heavy scheduling, travel and paperwork burdens that became untenable with COVID-19. To solve this, PM&C engaged VidCruiter and adopted its Live Video Interviews, Pre-Recorded Interview, Interview Scheduling, Skills Testing, Proctoring and Reference Checks solutions to move the event online.

VidCruiter delivered a virtual hiring event with automated scheduling, proctored skills testing, embedded interview recordings and automated reference checks, centralizing communications and accessibility features for candidates and interviewers. The platform cut rescheduling time from about 30 minutes to 5 minutes, enabled 100s of references to be checked automatically, supports ~1,500 applicants a year, eliminated the need to manage 300+ flights and gave PM&C’s four-person recruitment team greater flexibility, time savings and improved candidate experience.

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Australia

Kate Boyton

Assistant Director, Entry Level Programs