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The On-Campus Interviewing (OCI) Program

Participating in OCI enables you to interview in our comfortable facilities and meet with many students during one campus visit. You may interview for internships, cooperative education positions, and permanent employment positions for graduating students.

Policies related to recruiting

• Career Services endorses the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Principles for Professional Conduct for Career Services and Employment Professionals. We ask employers to be aware of and voluntarily abide by the NACE Principles.
• Please also be aware of Career Services' Position Statement about Campus Recruiting.
• University and Career Services weather-related closing policy: if the university closes early, closes for the day, or has a delayed opening, Career Services must do likewise, and that would impact On-Campus Interviewing.

When interviews occur

• Nine interview weeks each semester:
  • Fall semester: late September - early December.
  • Spring semester: late January - early April.
  • See OCI dates and deadlines for specific interview dates.
• Limited off-season interviewing may also be arranged for special circumstances through our informal program.

To schedule your interview dates

• Reservations begin approximately 10 months before interviews begin, starting in early December for the next academic year. Interview space is limited and may fill quickly. However, even in summer you can still contact us about fall recruiting dates.
• Contact our recruiting staff (also on right sidebar) to discuss available dates.

Steps in the OCI Program process

• After you've scheduled your interview dates with us, we'll send you instructions by e-mail to on how to submit your job information on-line and next steps.
• Interview dates and employers' jobs are publicized to students on-line through Hokies4Hire.
• Employers have the option to schedule information sessions in connection with interviews. These are also publicized to students on-line through Hokies4Hire.
• Students submit resumes and apply on-line for employers' jobs. They have specific deadlines, based on the interview dates, approximately three weeks before the interviews.
• Employers access applicant resumes on-line, pre-screen applicants you wish to invite (and you may choose alternates) for interviews, and enter your selections on-line. Your deadline is just over a week prior to the interview week.
• During the week prior to the interview week, the students you selected (and alternates) may sign up on-line for 30-minute interview timeslots. First interviews begin at 8:30 a.m., and last interviews of the day end at 5:00 p.m.
• The advance selection and sign-up processes follow a set schedule. The chart of OCI dates and deadlines tells you the exact deadlines for students to apply for jobs and for you to submit names of chosen students on-line.
• Interviews are conducted one-on-one, employer to student, in Career Services facilities.

The Informal Program

• If the formal program does not meet your needs, the informal program permits you to visit on shorter notice and during weeks outside the formal program schedule. We will provide interviewing space as available.
• To participate:
  • Collect resumes from students through means convenient to you:
    • Access resumes on-line.
    • Other sources such as job fairs, resume books, job postings, giving presentations to student groups, unsolicited resumes you have received, etc.
  • Contact our recruiting staff (also on right sidebar) to establish an interview date.
  • You, or the Career Services recruiting staff, will contact your selected students to establish the interview schedule.
  • Check in with our recruiting staff upon arrival on your interview date.