How Remote Work Policy Influences Job Interview Behaviors Policies after COVID-19

How Remote Work Policy Influences Job Interview Behaviors Policies after COVID-19
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After the epidemic, many companies changed their work policies due to its impact and started using telecommuting. However, was this shift in work policy also reflected in their interviews during hiring? In other words, did the remote work policy affect the company's hiring strategy? Previous research has found that in the aftermath of the epidemic, most recruiters and candidates became exceedingly pessimistic about the new form of hiring, and recruiters became more interested in bringing on board people who could inspire their peers. Although there is evidence from many studies that remote work has changed the way companies work, few industry-wide and non-questionnaire surveys have been conducted. In this study, I collected all interview questions from 26 industry-representative companies in the S&P 500 from glassdoor and hypothesized that teleworking impacts a company's hiring strategy. By analyzing the text of interview questions in three industry categories and four industry categories across the board, I examined changes in the standardized values of word frequency/day for several keywords over time. After implementing the teleworking policy, the results show that companies in the traditional and financial industries significantly reduced the word frequency of some interview questions related to offline work. In addition, there was a significant increase in the content of interview questions related to collaboration for the Internet industry. I conclude that this shift in work policies has indeed influenced companies' choices of hiring strategies, with group collaboration and leadership becoming more important measures from a broad perspective. The downsizing of workplaces presents several challenges, one of which is the possibility of adverse effects on worker health and long-term creativity. However, these risks could be reduced if businesses and individuals were encouraged to invest in the physical and managerial capabilities necessary to engage in telework.
Keywords Words: Job market; Interview; Natural Language Parsing.
How Remote Work Policy Influences Job Interview Behaviors Policies after COVID-19
Introduction
As of early April 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic has infected more than 498 million people worldwide, resulting in more than 6,000,000 deaths (JHU, 2020). While governments are currently preoccupied with managing short-term impacts such as embargo policies and planning, the long-term economic and social effects are likely to be severe. As a corollary, it will also directly impact individual career experiences, opportunities, and short- and long-term trajectories (Akkermans et al., 2020; Vijayan et al., 2020). For example, healthcare and other frontline workers work 24/7 to provide relevant and specialized support services. In contrast, other workers are forced to work from home and need to adapt to online and virtual work arrangements (Donovan, 2019). Measuring the impact of the pandemic on the job market is another crucial question (Vijayan et al., 2020).
First, Akkermans et al. (2020) argue that we need...