> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pastahr.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Configure Interview Booking Types

> Interview types are the foundation of PastaHR's booking system: configure basics, availability, limits, assigned users, message templates, and calendar integration.

Interview types are the foundation of PastaHR's booking system. For every use case, from a taster day to a classic interview, you create a dedicated type with its own logic. All types are managed under **Interviews → Types**.

There are two basic booking formats:

| Booking format | Best for                                                        |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **All-day**    | Taster days, multi-day assignments                              |
| **Time slot**  | Hourly-booked conversations such as phone screens or interviews |

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You configure the following settings in an interview type's editor (**Interviews → Types → select type → Edit**).

## Basics

* **Name**: The internal and candidate-facing label for the appointment
* **Description**: Optional accompanying text that informs candidates about the appointment
* **Location**: The address or a description of the venue

Under **Contact Information**, add a point of contact with a name, email, and optional phone number. This information is visible to candidates.

## Availability

Here you set which weekdays are available for booking. Toggle days on or off.

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  <Tab title="All-day">
    For each weekday, you only decide whether the day is bookable, with no specific times.

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  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Time slot">
    For each enabled weekday, you set specific times (from–to). Multiple time blocks per day are possible.

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For both booking formats, you can also add **blocked days** (e.g. public holidays) when no bookings are possible.

## Limits

| Setting                         | All-day | Time slot |
| ------------------------------- | ------- | --------- |
| Minimum days in advance         | ✓       | ✓         |
| Maximum days in advance         | ✓       | ✓         |
| Number of full days (1–5)       | ✓       | –         |
| Time slot duration (15 min–4 h) | –       | ✓         |
| Max. simultaneous bookings      | ✓       | ✓         |

* **Minimum days in advance** determines how last-minute a candidate can still book.
* **Maximum days in advance** limits the bookable window into the future.
* **Max. simultaneous bookings** determines how many people can occupy the same appointment at once.

## Assigned Users

You can assign one or more team members to an interview type. They receive an email notification for every new booking and rescheduling.

<Note>
  Assigned users also determine who can see an interview type and send booking invitations for it. For details, see [Roles & Permissions](/en/recruiters/interview-booking#roles-permissions).
</Note>

## Templates

For every interview type, you can customise the automatically sent messages:

* **Invitation**: Sent when a candidate is invited to an interview (includes the booking link)
* **Confirmation**: Sent once the booking is complete
* **Reminder**: Sent automatically ahead of the appointment

Each template is available for both **email** and **WhatsApp**, in German and English.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Email">
    Freely customisable, including document attachments. Available placeholders: name, booking link, location, event description (from the basic settings), and start date.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="WhatsApp">
    Subject to Meta's template requirements. See [Message Templates](/en/recruiters/message-templates) for details.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

<Note>
  To set up or adjust templates for an interview type, contact [support@pastahr.com](mailto:support@pastahr.com).
</Note>

<h2 id="calendar">
  Calendar
</h2>

<Note>
  Only available for time slot types.
</Note>

You can connect an external calendar (e.g. Google Calendar) to the interview type. Through **conflict checking**, PastaHR automatically checks whether the assigned person is already busy at the booking time and hides those slots from candidates. Multiple calendars can be connected at the same time.

<Card title="Connect Calendar" icon="calendar-check" href="/en/recruiters/connect-calendar">
  Step-by-step instructions for connecting Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook.
</Card>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Interview Booking" icon="calendar-days" href="/en/recruiters/interview-booking">
    Understand the booking flow from the perspective of candidates and your team.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Roles" icon="users-round" href="/en/recruiters/roles">
    See which roles can manage interviews and send invitations.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>