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Scheduling Event Types

Grayscale's Self-Scheduling makes it even easier to get more interviews on your calendar.

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Written by Sam Abello
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With your calendar connected, you're ready to set up Event types to easily schedule different types of interviews based on duration, stage, role, your availability, etc.

Set up your event types

From the My Event Types tab, click the + New event type button and follow the prompts to set up the Event Types you need.

Event Types

There are three different event types to choose from:

  • 1-1 Meeting

    • One organizer + one candidate/prospect

  • Group Meeting

    • Multiple organizers + one candidate/prospect

  • Event Registration

    • Multiple organizers + multiple candidates/prospects

Let's get started! πŸš€


1-1 Meeting type

1-1 Meetings are for one team member meeting with a single candidate, such as for 1-on-1 interviews, phone screens, or quick syncs.

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Event Name

This is an external label, so choose an event name that you want your candidates to see.

Description

Use this field to list instructions for candidates and/or managers. This information will be included in the calendar invite.

Organizer

By default, you will be listed as the organizer. If you're scheduling on behalf of a teammate you can find their name in the dropdown to make them the event organizer.

CC Email Address(es)

Type an email address and press enter to CC it on invitations. You can enter multiple email addresses by pressing enter after each.

Reminders

Enabling this will send reminders to the recipients about their upcoming events. Two reminders are sent β€” the day before and an hour before.

Conferencing

With your Zoom or Microsoft Teams account integrated, you can select which video conferencing (if any) you'd like to use for these meetings.

Location

For in-person meetings and interviews, be sure to enter the full address of the location you'll be meeting at! If you selected conferencing, the location field will be disabled.

Schedule

Select which availability schedule you wish to use, if you have more than one. These schedules can be managed in the Calendar Setup tab.

Duration

Define how long your event will be. You can enter a number and then specify if it is minutes or hours.

Add buffer

Set an amount of time before and after a scheduled event, during which no other events can be scheduled. You can enter a number and then specify minutes or hours.

Example: You could set a 30 minute buffer before a meeting in order to prepare for it, and a 15 minute buffer after the meeting in order to wrap up any notes or follow-ups. If the meeting itself is scheduled for 2:30, then it would prevent anyone from scheduling events between 2:00 - 2:30, and 2:30 - 2:45.

Group Meeting

Group Meetings are useful in situations like panel interviews, where you want additional team members to attend the meeting along with you.

These are set up the same as 1-1 Meetings, except that you can specify additional Attendees by selecting them in the Attendees field.

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Attendees vs CC Email Address(es)

The difference between an Attendee and a CC'd email address is that scheduling will look at the calendar availability of the attendees, but will not look at the availability for CC'd email addresses.

Note: Only Grayscale users who have connected their calendars can be selected as attendees.

Event Registration

Event Registration lets you create an event where multiple team members or candidates could attend. Instead of using your calendar's availability, you select the date and time of the event, as well as how many slots are available, and how many attendees may book in each slot.

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Event Name

This is an external label, so choose an event name that you want your candidates to see.

Description

Use this field to list instructions for candidates and/or managers. This information will be included in the calendar invite.

Location

This should be the full address of the location you'll be meeting at.

Time Slots

Select a date for the event, then click the + Add slot button to add a time slot.

Start/End Time

Enter the start and end times for the event.

Ends next day?

If this event runs overnight, enable this toggle.

Capacity

Enter the maximum number of attendees for this event.

Duplicate

The duplicate button will allow you to copy all of a day's slots to another day.

Registration Deadline

Specify in minutes, hours, or days how close to the event people can book

Upcoming Events

On the Upcoming Events tab, you can view all of your upcoming events and scheduled 1-1 or Group meetings. You can also click on the event to view the details or message the participating candidate(s)!

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Ready to view and manage your upcoming events?

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