Here’s what’s new in Wamly this month. You can run a project without a video interview, rate answers the moment they arrive, and tidy up documents without leaving the viewer.

✨ New Features

More flexibility in how you hire: video interviews are now optional.

You can build a project around application forms, skills tests and/or psychometrics alone, and add a video interview only when the role calls for one.

To switch it off, open the project’s Video Interview tab and turn off ‘Enable Video Interview’.

Rate answers as they come in: each video interview answer is ready to watch and rate as soon as the candidate submits it, so you can start reviewing before they’ve answered every question.

Edit video questions after a project goes live: fine-tune your questions at any time without disrupting candidates who have already started their interviews, because they keep the questions they were given.

Edit documents without leaving the viewer: rotate pages, remove the ones you don’t need, and choose whether to save your changes as a copy or replace the original document you uploaded.

Sending large files for background checks? Wamly can compress large PDFs, JPGs and PNGs as you upload them, making them quicker to send.

Job seekers find roles that suit them faster: they choose the kinds of roles they’re after on the ‘Preferences’ page on their Wamlyjobs profile. Matching jobs then appear under ‘Recommended for you’ on their account home.

🚀 Improvements

A clearer view of where each candidate is: the ‘Candidate Activity’ column takes the place of ‘Completed’ on your project candidate list, and the ‘Video Interview’ column shows how far each candidate has got, or “No video interview” when they weren’t asked any questions.

Fresh email templates: our standard system emails have a cleaner look and explain each step more clearly, whether or not your project has a video interview. Any changes you make to a template show as soon as you save.

Change raters and update every stage at once: when you change who sees applications in a stage, Wamly can apply your stage automations to all the applications already in those stages in one go.

Help when a camera or microphone won’t connect: candidates can access help directly from the device check screen, with step-by-step guidance to troubleshoot connection issues and restore camera or microphone permissions in their browser, without losing their place.

A smoother experience after applying: candidates receive a clear confirmation when they’ve submitted their application, can share feedback on their experience, and have an easy way to return to the page they came from.

Smaller things you asked for:

• On projects with psychometrics, ‘Remap’, ‘Send Psych Reminders’ and ‘Cancel Psych Assessments’ are always in your bulk actions.
• The candidate you’re looking at stays highlighted on All Applications and the rating screen, and a shared candidate link opens that candidate first.
• Long Cost Centre names are shortened with the full name on hover, and Cost Centre searches have a clear button.
• Tabs that don’t fit on a small screen scroll with arrows.
• Each list shows how many results you have, right next to ‘Rows per page’.
• Job seekers can switch Wamlyjobs to Afrikaans, Português or Türkçe from the footer.
• Candidates can add a South African ID or passport to their profile, choose how many applications to show per page, and get a reminder to save before they leave.

🛠️ Bug Fixes

• Approvals that publish the right version: ‘Publish Spec’ always publishes the version you’ve selected, approved amendments set to auto-publish go live straight away, and the ‘Approval Required’ window opens without delay.
• More reliable psychometric assessments: view psychometric results across your entire project, and send assessments to every candidate, however long their name.
• Background check consent forms for everyone: candidates can access their consent forms regardless of their browser’s language settings.
• Organisation details that save first time: changes to your organisation’s address and details on My Organisation → Details save correctly every time.
• Faster bulk uploads: adding thousands of candidates by CSV takes a fraction of the time.
• Easier project clean-up: you can delete duplicated projects that include psychometrics, and switch psychometrics off on any project.
• Wamlyjobs on mobile: menus, headers and filters fit neatly on smaller screens, and ‘Jobs near you’ results are more accurate.

Have any questions? Reach out to your Wamly Account Manager. We’d be happy to help!

— The Wamly Team