Akshay D Krishna

• Manage end-to-end interview scheduling for candidates across multiple time zones while ensuring a seamless and positive candidate experience.
• Partner with Recruiters, Hiring Managers, and Interviewers to coordinate interview logistics, including panel alignment, calendar management, and room/virtual setup.
• Serve as the main point of contact for candidates during the interview process — ensuring timely communication, clarity, and engagement.
• Update and maintain ATS (Applicant Tracking System) data with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Generate daily and weekly recruiting reports to track candidate progress, interview metrics, and hiring pipeline movement.
• Coordinate debrief sessions post-interview and assist in collecting consolidated feedback from panel members.
• Collaborate with the Recruiting Operations team to identify and implement process improvements that enhance scheduling efficiency and data accuracy.
• Led campus hiring drives by coordinating with placement cells, managing bulk interview logistics, and ensuring smooth end-to-end scheduling for fresher hiring.
• Handled travel logistics for outstation candidates, including flight bookings, local transport, and accommodation arrangements, ensuring a hassle-free experience.
• Acted as the primary point of contact for the new scheduling tool – SmartRecruiters, assisting the team in transition, troubleshooting, and process training.
• Coordinated and managed in-person interviews, including conference room setups, interviewer alignment, and candidate experience support.
• Participated in a Skill Audit initiative, mapping interviewer skill sets and modules to corresponding job roles and ensuring optimized panel assignments.
• Supported onboarding and offer processes by liaising with HR and cross-functional teams when required.
• Maintained confidentiality and compliance throughout all recruitment and scheduling operations.

Key Achievements:

• Recognized for being the subject matter expert (SME) for SmartRecruiters scheduling tool implementation and support.
• Improved candidate experience through proactive communication and efficient scheduling workflows.
• Successfully coordinated high-volume interviews and campus drives, achieving 100% scheduling accuracy and timely feedback loops.
• Contributed to enhanced interview panel mapping accuracy through the Skill Audit initiative, improving efficiency in role-to-panel alignment.

Skills & Tools:

• ATS & Scheduling Tools: SmartRecruiters, Recruiting Portal, Hirein.
• Communication & Collaboration: MS Outlook, Excel, Teams, SharePoint.
• Campus Hiring & In-Person Interview Coordination
• Travel & Accommodation Management
• Stakeholder Management & Process Optimization
• Reporting & Data Accuracy

• Serve as a central point of contact for internal and external communications
• Facilitate communication between team members and departments
• Manage calendars, schedules, and appointments for team members and executives
• Coordinate meetings, conferences, and other events, including scheduling, room booking, and agenda preparation
• Send reminders and ensure attendance for scheduled meetings
• Maintain accurate records, files, and databases
• Assist in the preparation and distribution of reports, presentations, and other documentation
• Ensure documentation is organized, up-to-date, and easily accessible
• Provide administrative support to project teams, including scheduling meetings, tracking action items, and coordinating resources
• Speaking to the candidates and getting their availabilities to schedule the interviews
• Organized and managed multiple recruitment drives as the coordinator resulting in successful recruitment for talents for the company, frosting to in positive candidate experience and promoting employer Brand

• Company Overview: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Schedule interviews and phone screens while working directly with candidates, hiring managers and interviewers
• Provide follow-up correspondence to candidates on recruiting status via email
• Track recruiting activities and provide weekly reporting on candidate status
• Coordinate post-interview debrief scheduling and sharing consolidated feedback before the debrief
• Supporting team lead with internal audits to ensure error free scheduling process to provide good candidate experience
• Conduct audits and draft audit reports
• Organizing and connecting with stake-holders on weekly basis to understand the challenges and streamline the process
• Talent acquisition for IT and Non-IT candidates and HR operations

• Company Overview: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Handling two different Lobs' (Order Modification and Service Quoting)
• Maintain basic knowledge of client products and services
• Interacting with internal and external clients in modifying the order management
• Creating quotations for clients related to software
• Clarify customer requirements: probe for understanding, use decision support tools and resources to appropriately provide resolution to the customer
• Track, document and retrieve information in call tracking database
• Respond to customer inquiries by referring them to published materials, secondary sources, or more senior staff
• Prepare complete and accurate work including appropriately notating accounts as required