Coronavirus pushes job interviews for college students online

By Janet Lorin
Published Updated 3 Min Read

Applicant Filling Up the Online Job Application

The coronavirus is changing job recruiting at U.S. colleges, as travel bans force some employers to scrap in-person campus interviews for virtual ones and students adjust to new networking norms.

Intel isn’t participating in external recruiting events. Amazon.com is shifting some on-site interviews to a virtual format. Accounting giant PwC is converting in-person office visits to videoconferencing and phone calls for about 1,000 undergraduates with offers to work there, mostly in summer jobs.

Janet Lorin

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