The Booking Question Type transforms your prescreening form into a one-step booking tool, allowing candidates to instantly choose their interview time within the same landing page flow they’re already completing. There’s no waiting for email invites, no checking messages for next steps, and no uncertainty about whether they’ve been shortlisted or rejected—just faster interviews and a better candidate experience.
What It Does
When added to your prescreening form, this Question Type displays an interactive calendar where candidates can pick an available date and time for their interview.
The calendar connects automatically to your company’s Recruitment Center, which controls:
Recruiter availability
Working hours and time zones
Slot limits and scheduling rules
By displaying available times directly within the form, candidates can confirm their interview immediately after answering screening questions — when engagement is at its highest.
Here are some benefits of including this Question Type in your Candidate's Journey:
Enabling instant scheduling: Candidates can book interviews right away — no need to wait for follow-up messages.
Increasing conversion rates: Reduces drop-off between screening and scheduling.
Saving time for recruiters: Removes manual coordination and back-and-forth messaging.
Improving the candidate experience: Offers a smooth, self-service process that feels professional and convenient.
How It Looks for The Candidate
The candidate reaches the “Schedule Interview” step.
The system loads available time slots from your company’s Recruitment Center calendar via the Landing Page.
The candidate selects a date and time.
Available slots are clearly displayed; once selected, the chosen time is highlighted. (Note: The timezone adjusts automatically based on the candidate’s device. If it's unavailable, it will default to the campaign location.)
Candidate confirms the booking.
After a candidate selects the date, they will be prompted to confirm their schedule, which displays all the necessary information, including the date and time of the appointment, as well as the location. If the candidate needs to change their interview time, they can simply click on "Reschedule" and select an alternative time.
How It Looks In Talkpush
When creating or editing a prescreening form or Landing Page, you’ll find “Booking” as a new question type in the selector.
Once added you will be able to select between two options: Recruitment Center scheduling or Recruiter's Calendar scheduling.
If the Recruitment Center is selected, it will pull the availability from the Recruitment Center configured in the Campaign settings.
If the Recruiter's Calendar is selected, the availability shown will be based on the Recruiter's configured calendar in their account.
Watch Perry from the Product Support Team walk you through this feature!
Q: What happens if the slots configured by the recruiter are fully taken?
A: When all near-term slots are booked, Talkpush automatically extends the booking window by adding future days. This rolling booking window with guardrails ensures candidates continue to see available time slots instead of an empty calendar, preventing scheduling dead ends. To learn more about how this works, read the full article on booking window guardrails.
