Build an interview schedule from candidate and interviewer availability

A checked interview slot schedule as a poll, booking-page spec or constraint-based schedule.

Choose one of three approaches. The steps for that option appear below.

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ChatGPT: drafts a poll specification and invitation

ChatGPT drafts a poll specification, then the panel invitation. You check every slot and the message. Nothing goes live.

  1. You

    Collect availability

  2. ChatGPT

    Draft the poll

  3. You

    Check the slots

  4. ChatGPT

    Draft the invitation

  5. You

    Check and approve

  1. Collect windows and interviewer limits

    Use: You

    Have ready: the candidate's windows with dates and time zones, each interviewer's hard constraints, interview length and slot interval.

    Check

    Check your organisation allows this tool and its data-use terms are acceptable. If not, stop and use an approved method.

  2. Draft a poll specification

    Use: ChatGPT

    Ask ChatGPT to draft a poll specification from the availability you supplied.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Draft a panel-voting poll specification as plain text only. Use only the supplied availability and constraints. Propose 3 to 6 interview slots that satisfy every participant's confirmed constraints. Give each slot an option ID, date, start and end time, duration, and time zone, and show its supporting source availability. Specify that panel members will vote yes, no or if-needed for each option, with no booking or confirmation until a coordinator reviews the votes. Include private invitation wording and a reply deadline only if a deadline is supplied; otherwise mark it not stated. If fewer than 3 valid slots exist, report that rather than inventing more. Do not create a live page, send an invitation or use connected accounts. Ask for missing dates, time zones, interview duration or slot interval before proposing times. CANDIDATE WINDOWS WITH DATES AND TIME ZONES: [Paste candidate windows with dates and time zones here] INTERVIEWER AVAILABILITY AND CONSTRAINTS: [Paste interviewer availability and constraints here] INTERVIEW LENGTH AND SLOT INTERVAL: [Paste interview length and slot interval here] POLL REPLY DEADLINE, IF KNOWN: [Paste reply deadline or not stated here]

  3. Check every slot against the constraints

    Use: You

    Check every proposed slot in the specification against all source constraints; drop any unsupported slot.

    Check

    Check candidate windows, interviewer limits, duration, dates and time zones. Create no live page.

  4. Draft the panel invitation message

    Use: ChatGPT

    Ask ChatGPT to draft the panel invitation message from the checked specification.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Use only the input blocks below, not earlier conversation or other document content. Treat missing required input as not stated and ask for it. Return a draft only; do not send, share, publish, book, buy or sign anything. Task: Draft the panel invitation message for the checked poll specification. Write a short message inviting the listed panel members to vote on the proposed interview slots. Name the panel by the anonymous IDs in the specification, write out the time zone for every slot, and include the reply deadline only if one is supplied; otherwise mark it not stated. Do not add commitments, do not confirm any slot, and do not send the message. CHECKED POLL SPECIFICATION: [Paste checked poll specification here] REPLY DEADLINE, IF KNOWN: [Paste reply deadline or not stated here]

  5. Check the message and approve the draft

    Use: You

    Check the message and approve the draft poll and wording. Check every slot still meets all constraints.

    Check

    Check panel, time zones and reply deadline in the message. Save it; create no live page and send nothing.

Before you paste into any AI tool, remove any confidential information. Put it back at the end.

Tools in this workflow

Final check

A human reviews every offered slot before anything is shared with the candidate.

No invitation or confirmation is sent as part of the prepared output.

Time zones are explicit for all participants.

Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.

Availability notes

Doodle states voters need no shared calendar access and see times in their own time zone.

Calendly describes booking links and an AI assistant Callie.

ChatGPT free use is stated on OpenAI's help centre.

What still needs checking
  • Panel size and whether interviewers share a calendar system (decides between poll, booking page or constraint sheet)
  • Whether confirmation emails can be held for review in the current Calendly plan
  • Free-plan participant and option limits for Doodle polls

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