Schedule Interviews with Eagles
Our Campus Recruiting Program offers employers the opportunity to schedule interviews with Boston College students. Campus interviews provide increased visibility of your organization, scheduling expertise from our team, and on-site facilities with complimentary refreshments.
2024 -2025 Recruiting Timelines
We plan to offer both on-campus and virtual interview options for Fall 2024. We are currently accepting interview schedule requests via Handshake and the interview format will be up to the discretion of the employer.
Get Started
Through your Handshake account, you can request interview dates, coffee chats and manage your interview schedule(s). As a participant in the program, you’ll have digital access to student resumes in advance of the campus interview date so you can select the candidates you would like to meet. We will coordinate your interview schedule and publicize your job and/or internship positions.
To Get Started:
From your Handshake homepage, select Request an Interview. Complete each of the required fields on the form to submit your request.
Resources:
- Getting Started With Handshake: Employers
- How to Post an Interview Schedule to a School
- Applicant & Interview Management
Types of Interview Schedules:
- Preselect: We will collect resumes and manage your campus interview schedule. You will preselect primary and alternate candidates and make interview decisions one week prior to the campus interview date. We encourage employers to select 6-8 alternate candidates for each interview schedule to ensure that all interview time slots will be filled.
- Room Only: We will provide you with a campus room to meet with candidates you have selected and scheduled for interviews.
- Open: We will provide you with a campus room to meet with interested qualified candidates. Candidates will sign-up for a timeslot on a first-come-first-served basis.
Questions?
Email our team at employer.recruiting@bc.edu
FAQs
We use Handshake to manage the on-campus interviewing program and job/internship postings. Employers may request an on-campus interviewing date through Handshake.
- Current Users: If you already have a Handshake account, simply connect with Boston College.
- New Users: Request access to Handshake first, and then request to connect to Boston College.
- If you do not see “Request an Interview” on your Handshake home page for BC, please contact us at employer.recruiting@bc.edu.
We request a minimum of two weeks following a career fair in order to allow sufficient time to receive and review applications and preselect interview candidates.
NOTE: For employers wishing to interview candidates the day following their attendance at a Career & Internship Fair, employers must schedule those interviews directly with candidates outside of Handshake. In this instance, select “Room Only” when requesting an on-campus interview schedule.
A typical interview schedule is comprised of twelve 30 minute interview time blocks. The schedule spans from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. with two 15 minute breaks and a one-hour lunch break from 12:15-1:15 p.m. Adjustments can be made upon request.
The typical interview duration is 30 minutes. However, we can accommodate 45, 60, or 90 minutes.
It is recommended that employers post their OCI job/internship description(s) as soon as possible and no later than one month prior to the on-campus interview date.
NOTE: It is imperative to link the specific position(s) to the appropriate on-campus interview schedule(s).
Employers may request and/or require a cover letter, unofficial transcript, or other documents such as references or an application form. Indicate these requirements on the form when posting your job description(s).
Coffee chats are offered throughout the year and are managed through the On-campus Interviewing Program, based on availability. From your homepage in Handshake, select “Request an Interview”, complete the request form and include the following:
- Include “Coffee Chat” in the Interview Schedule Name, Interview Schedule Description, and in the title of the job/internship position associated with the interview schedule
- Select your desired interview date(s), number of rooms, and preferred Coffee Chat timeline.