Honeit gives users the flexibility to make outbound or cold calls, even when the candidate does not wish to be recorded. You can still access your call guide, take notes in the interview dashboard, and create a candidate presentation, just without audio highlights.
When to Use This
If a candidate declines to be recorded, you can still run the interview manually using the Skip Recording option.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Make an Outbound Call
Click "Make a Call" and dial out to the candidate.
2. If the Candidate Declines Recording
Select a Call Guide for the conversation.
Click the Skip Recording button.
This will launch the Interview Dashboard without enabling audio recording.
3. Conduct the Interview
You will now see the interview questions and a "Log Answer" button instead of Record Answer.
Use these fields to manually take notes on the candidate’s responses.
TIP: Don’t worry about grammar, spelling, or formatting during the call - you can edit your notes later before creating the presentation.
4. End the Call
Once the conversation is complete, click "Hangup Call" and choose "End Meeting."
Step 5: Review and Create Your Summaries
After the call ends, you’ll be taken to the Call Details page. Here, you’ll see all the questions from your call, along with any notes you logged during the interview.
📝 Important: While your notes are visible here for internal use, they do not appear in the candidate presentation.
To include your insights in the final presentation:
Review your notes under each question.
Copy or use them to write a brief summary and enter into the Summary field.
The content in the Summary section is what appears on the candidate presentation.
This extra step helps ensure your candidate summaries are clear, professional, and ready to share.
Here is an example of how your notes may be summarized for the presentation:
Step 6: Create a Candidate Presentation
To generate a shareable candidate presentation:
Click "Create Presentation" from the top of the call details page.
Select the second option: "Create Presentation Link."
Since this call was not recorded, there are no audio highlights available. Instead, you’ll manually create a written overview of the interview.
Use the "Presentation Summary" field to write a brief summary or interview write-up.
This can be based on the summaries you entered for each question in the previous step.
Scroll down and toggle on "Auto-expand Summaries."
Once you're happy with the content, scroll down and click "Create" to generate your presentation link.
Step 7: Review and Share Candidate Presentation
Your presentation will look something like this:
Each interview question is shown along with the summary of the candidate’s response.
The Interview Summary you added appears at the bottom, offering a high-level overview of the conversation.
Make necessary adjustments or changes by clicking "Edit Link" at the top of the page. Otherwise you can share the link as usual by using the various methods available to you.