Case Study: John Neral Coaching, LLC

How John Neral Coaching Prepares Job Seekers With Spark Hire Video Interviews

About John Neral Coaching, LLC

Based out of Virginia, John Neral Coaching, LLC is a professional training and coaching organization that helps mid-career professionals prepare, position, and promote who they are and what they do so they can achieve their career goals.

Goals for Video Interviewing

John Neral Coaching wanted to better prepare clients for virtual interviewing by providing detailed feedback and training with a video interview platform.

Q&A with Owner and Executive and Career Transition Coach, John Neral:

Q:

What inspired you to look into video interviewing? What specific challenges in your day-to-day were you looking to solve with video interviewing?

A:

More of my clients were talking about how they were being invited to participate in one-way video interviews and I wanted to learn more about it to see how I could help prepare them and serve them better as their career transition coach.

Q:

Did Spark Hire replace a similar tool or is this the first time your team is using video interviewing?

A:

I was only using Zoom prior to Spark Hire and I certainly didn't have the ability to do one-way video interviewing with my clients.

Q:

What made you choose Spark Hire as your solution to help with preparing job seekers for interviews?

A:

Spark Hire was an easy choice given how simple it was to create a one-way interview and keep all of my clients’ videos organized.

Q:

What was getting started with Spark Hire like?

A:

I was able to use Spark Hire immediately after my orientation. It was simple to create my first one-way interview for a client and from there, I was able to keep going. It's provided an additional value to my coaching practice that I didn't have earlier this year.

Q:

How has Spark Hire improved your process for helping job seekers prepare for interviews?

A:

By having my clients use Spark Hire, they are more prepared and comfortable using a one-way video platform. I've even had some clients get invited to a Spark Hire interview meaning they were already familiar with the Spark Hire platform. Interviews are stressful enough, but this is another way for me to help them prepare for their interviews and be better at telling their story from a place of value and service.

Q:

What was your process for helping job seekers prepare for interviews prior to using Spark Hire?

A:

We covered interview coaching during our sessions and I help my clients through the entire interview process including how to best answer certain questions. Sometimes, we would record our sessions over Zoom so they could review later. Feedback was usually given in the moment and clients would have access to the recording.

Q:

How do you get your job seekers to buy into video interviewing as part of your coaching process?

A:

The pandemic made this easy because once my clients started getting invited to interviews, they realized that they needed to excel in all areas and formats of interviews.

Q:

What was your aha moment — the moment you knew you loved Spark Hire?

A:

My aha moment came after I was able to review a client's response to their first one-way interview, replay the video several times and watch their answers to each question to give them feedback. It made everything easier. Not only did it save me time, but it quickly became a wonderful value-add to my coaching package and experience with my clients.

Q:

Why should other career coaches look into video interviewing?

A:

As career coaches, we want to serve our clients as best as we can. If you are doing video interviewing with your clients, you need to offer this service to them. Not only will it improve your coaching and support for your clients, but it will help them prepare far better for their next interview. Their success is your success!

Q:

What are three words that describe your experience working with Spark Hire?

A:

Easy, efficient, current.

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