Phone screens in Vietnamese, scorecards in English
Vietnamese is one of the most spoken languages in the United States, with large communities in California and Texas, and it shows up across manufacturing, food service and personal care hiring. PhoneScreen interviews them in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) and gives you the result in English.
You wrote
Which shifts can you work, including weekends?
They hear, in Vietnamese
Bạn có thể làm những ca nào, kể cả cuối tuần?
What changes, and what doesn't
For the candidate
The whole call is in Vietnamese, from the greeting to the goodbye. They answer the way they would explain it to a coworker, which is the answer you actually want to hear. If they ask for English, it switches.
For your team
Nothing changes. The same questions, the same rubric, a score out of 100 for every answer, and an English transcript next to the Vietnamese original. Nobody on your team needs to speak Vietnamese.
Where teams use Vietnamese screening
Common questions
How does a Vietnamese phone screen work? +
The candidate chooses Vietnamese on the apply form and calls the number. The interviewer greets them, asks your questions, follows up when an answer is thin and wraps up, all in Vietnamese. A minute after they hang up, you get the scorecard and transcript in English, with the Vietnamese original one click away.
Do I need to write the questions in Vietnamese? +
No. Write them once in English. The interviewer asks them in Vietnamese, keeping names, numbers and pay rates exact.
Does a Vietnamese screen cost extra? +
No. It is $4 per completed screen in every language, and your first 10 are free.
Can a candidate who chose Vietnamese switch to English? +
Yes. If they ask for English partway through, the interviewer switches and carries on with the next question.
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