Candidate Screening: An Introduction

With the large (and growing) cyber skills gap, finding qualified cybersecurity talent is a challenge for every organization. Even entry-level roles require an intricate mix of knowledge, skills, and judgment that are nearly impossible to evaluate using traditional interviewing methods. At the same time, candidates with non-traditional backgrounds may face conscious or unconscious bias during the hiring process.

Candidate Screening helps organizations test applicants against the specific skills required for an open cybersecurity position. Immersive Labs’ hands-on challenges enable remote testing of relevant technical abilities before advancing a candidate to the interview stage. Our labs simulate real-world scenarios, and so organizations can test how well a candidate might actually perform in the job, and under pressure.

Benefits:

• Allows you to hire the best candidates
• Increases speed of hiring by identifying qualified candidates quickly and eliminating interviews with unqualified candidates
• Reduces bias in the hiring process by using data to identify strongest performers
• Reduces talent acquisition costs by identifying internal cybersecurity talent 
• Enables flexible, at-home skill verification 

How does it work?

1. Identify open positions throughout your organization and assign job prerequisites (foundational and hands-on skills required)
2. Send candidates relevant exercises to test their skills based on the requirements for each specific position
3. Advanced metrics from candidate lab completions provide data on their capabilities
4. Advance only the most qualified candidates to the interview stage