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# Send an invitation for a video interview to an external candidate

Video interviews are deeply integrated with the applicant tracking functionality of Worklife Recruit, but they are also available as a standalone service.

Thus, you can invite an external candidate that does not exist in Worklife Recruit to a video interview by clicking the **New invitation** button and selecting **to external candidate** option, as shown below:

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You need to fill the following information:

* **First name**: Enter the candidate's first name.
* **Last name**: Enter the candidate's last name.
* **Email**: You can leave the email as is or change it.
* **Language**: Select the user interface language of the video interview. This setting has no effect on the language of the video interview itself.
* **Video interview**: Select one of the video interviews you have previously created. You can create a video interview at the [Manage video interviews](/video-interviews/manage-video-interviews.md) screen.
* **Answer deadline**: Select or enter the deadline date for the candidate to complete the video interview. The date is inclusive, meaning that the candidate can complete the interview on this date.
* **BCC myself**: Check this box to receive a copy of the invitation. It will be sent to the email you used to register to Worklife Recruit as a user.
* **Notify me**: Check this box to receive a notification email when the video interview is completed by the candidate. The notification email will include a direct link to the completed interview.

Click on the **Send** button to send the invitation. You will return to the [Manage video interview invitations](/video-interviews/manage-video-interview-invitations.md) screen.