Enabling Interview Scheduling – A.Team

Set up your calendar to allow companies to book calls with you directly

Interview scheduling just got an upgrade, streamlining the process of connecting you to companies so that you can focus on nailing the interview. Now, after connecting your calendar, companies can book interviews with you directly in two ways:

After you apply to a mission and are proposed, companies can easily schedule an interview with you.
On the company discovery page, company users can directly book an interview with builders they’re interested in working with.

Here's the full guide on how to connect your calendar(s) and fast-track your next mission interview.

Enable Interview Scheduling

Navigate to your profile by clicking on your profile picture in the bottom left
Head to settings by clicking on ‘Options’ in the upper right and then ‘Settings’
Click on the 'Interviews' tab on the settings page
Click on 'Connect calendar' to integrate your calendar, allowing clients to see your real-time availability.

Connect Your Google Calendar

To connect your Google Calendar, select Connect Calendar from the Interview Settings page
Choose Google Calendar from the dropdown after clicking ‘Connect Calendar’
From there, select ‘Sign in with Google’
Review the connection permission details and select ‘Allow’. Clients cannot view your events, only your availability during working hours.

Connect Your Apple Calendar

Before integrating your iCloud calendar with Calendly, you’ll need to generate an App-Specific Password from Apple, distinct from your usual Apple ID password.

Apple mandates the use of an app-specific password along with two-factor authentication for linking to external services like A.Team.

To get your App-Specific Password:

Navigate to Apple ID and log in.
Activate two-factor authentication in the Security section, if it's not already enabled.
In the App-Specific Passwords area, click on "Generate Password."
Name your password (e.g., "A.Team") and click "Create."
Remember to copy the generated app-specific password for use.

To connect your Apple Calendar to A.Team:

To connect your Apple Calendar, select Connect Calendar
Choose Google Calendar from the dropdown after clicking ‘Connect Calendar’
From there, select ‘Connect Apple Calendar’
Enter your Apple ID and App-Specific Password

Connect Your Outlook Calendar

To connect your Microsoft Outlook Calendar, select Connect Calendar from the Interview Settings page
Choose Outlook Calendar from the dropdown after clicking ‘Connect Calendar’
From there, select ‘Sign in with Outlook’ and sign in with your Outlook Account
Review the permissions and select ‘Accept’. Clients cannot view your events, only your availability during working hours.

Set Up Your Booking Preferences

Choose which calendars you want to consider for your availability:

For each connected account, you’ll see a list of all the calendars you can check for conflicts
Toggle on the calendars you want to use to check for conflicts

Make sure to include all calendars that could list potential conflicts. It’s important your availability is up to date so that companies don’t book interviews when you’re unavailable.

Choose which calendar to add interviews to:

Navigate to the section titled ‘Create events on’ and click on the dropdown to select which calendar new interviews should be added to
All interviews booked will be added to this calendar

Connect additional Calendar accounts:

To add an additional calendar, navigate to the ‘Add’ button in the upper right
You’ll be prompted to sign in to your other Google, Apple or Outlook account that you want to connect

Remove a connected calendar:

If you no longer want to connect a calendar, you can click on the trash can icon to the right of the account you want to remove

Working Hours and Timezone

After connecting your calendar, head back to the settings page where you can click ‘Adjust working hours’ to manage your working hours and timezone. It’s important to set up your availability for interviews to ensure companies only book times when you're available.

On this page, you can choose which timezone you would like to use to show your availability
Additionally, you can set your working hours, which only allows companies to book during these time slots, minus any conflicts you have in your connected calendars

Date Overrides

Going on vacation? Unavailable for certain times? Set a date override to ensure companies don’t book any interviews during that period. This can be adjusted on the working hours page by clicking on ‘Add an override’ and choosing the days and times you’re unavailable.

Learn how to sync your non-supported calendar

Want to sync your calendar but don’t use a Google, Apple or Microsoft Calendar? You’ll need to set up an account with one of our supported providers and then sync your non-supported calendar to that account. The easiest way to do that is:

Open a Google account by visiting: https://accounts.google.com/signup
Head to your non-supported calendar account to generate a shareable calendar subscription URL
Once your Google account is set up, open Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/
On the left, next to "Other calendars," click Add From URL.
Enter the calendar’s URL
Click Add calendar. The calendar appears on the left, under "Other calendars."
Once your calendar is linked, head back to A.Team settings page and click ‘Connect calendar’ where you can connect your new Google calendar which will reflect your availability

Connect multiple supported calendars

Want to sync multiple Google, Apple or Outlook calendars? It’s easy, all you have to do is:

Set up your first calendar, it doesn’t matter which one, by clicking on ‘Connect calendar’ on the A.Team settings page
After you’ve connected any of your calendars, click on “+ Add” in the upper right hand corner, where you can connect as many calendar accounts as needed.

Connect multiple unsupported calendars

To connect multiple unsupported calendars, follow the steps above in, “Learn how to sync your non-supported calendar” and repeat for as many unsupported calendars as you would like to connect. You can also connect multiple supported and unsupported calendars.

Privacy

Your events are private and secure. Companies cannot view your private events, they can only view when you’re available over the next 7 days during your designated working hours. A.Team does not store your calendar data and has been audited by an independent third party to verify compliance with SOC2, the highest industry security standard. A.Team uses cal.com to manage our calendar integrations. You can learn more about cal.com’s privacy policy here.