Google halts on-site job interviews due to coronavirus outbreak

Google has stopped conducting on-site job interviews in the wake of coronavirus outbreak around the world. The company is instead conducting interviews online via Google Hangouts or Bluejeans.

“In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and to protect our candidates’ and interviewers’ health and wellbeing, we will be conducting all Google interviews globally virtually via Google Hangout (or BlueJeans for applicable countries) for the foreseeable future,” Google is quoted as saying.

Google’s move is part of the ongoing efforts to reduce the number of physical interactions in order to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. Already, the likes of Twitter and Microsoft have asked their employees to work from home. Amazon and Facebook have also imposed similar restrictions on on-site interviews.