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title: Spark Hire
description: "Spark Hire is a third party integration used to integrate video interviewing with PCRecruiter. ## **Setup** 1. Click on SYSTEM 2. Select Add-Ons 3. Choose Assessments Config 4. Check the box for Spark Hire 5. Open the Spark Hire settings…"
url: "https://learning.pcrecruiter.net/site/docs/integrations/spark-hire/"
updated: "2026-09-25"
category: Integrations
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# Spark Hire

Spark Hire is a third party integration used to integrate video interviewing with PCRecruiter.

## **Setup**

1. Click on SYSTEM
2. Select Add-Ons
3. Choose Assessments Config
4. Check the box for Spark Hire
5. Open the Spark Hire settings (select arrow)
   - Enter API Key (provided by Spark Hire) for each user that will be using this feature
6. Click SAVE

## **Creating Templates**

1. Click on SYSTEM
2. On the left column, scroll to the bottom and select Plugins
3. Select "Spark Hire"
4. Click Add
5. Enter a Template Name
6. Enter Interview Questions
   - Optional: Clicking on the 3-lined box to the right of each question allows you to enter the following:
     - Time Limit
     - Takes (number of times a candidate can answer the question again)
7. Click on Save when finished

## **Using Spark Hire**

*It is recommended that you use sample data at first when testing Spark Hire (e.g. your name and email address)*

1. Go to a position record with candidates in the pipeline
   - *Required*: A Position must have data in the following 3 fields for it to be successfully transferred to Spark Hire:
     - City
     - State
     - Country
2. Drag and Drop (or Add New) a candidate into the 'Invited' Folder under 'Spark Hire Screen'
3. Select your template from the 'Use Question Template' dropdown (required)
4. Enter an Interview Due Date (required)
   - *Optional*: You may create a new Template on this screen. This can be accomplished by:
     - Not selecting an existing template
     - Entering a new Template Name in the 'Save As New Template' field
     - Entering Interview Questions on the right
   - *Optional*: You may also add interview questions to an existing Template
5. Click Invite

*Pipeline Stages:*

- Invited - A new interview has been created
- Completed\* - A job seeker completes an interview
- Presented - An interview is presented by the user to a contact
- Deleted\* - An interview is deleted by a user
- Expired\* - An interview deadline passes and the job seeker has not completed it
- Rejected\* - A job seeker deletes an interview without completing it

**\***Denotes events that occur in Spark Hire that are reflected in PCRecruiter.

## **How to Email an Interview**

- *First Option*
  1. Click on Completed folder
  2. Click on Watch under SparkHire column
  3. Click on Present
  4. Click on Send
- *Second Option*
  1. Drag and Drop the Candidate to the Presented folder
  2. Click on Send