🧠 Why Use a Secondary Availability Calendar?
In some cases — especially for support rotations or on-call engineering schedules — your availability may be tracked in a different calendar than your default work calendar. With Guide, you can link a secondary Google Calendar to ensure your interview scheduling avoids conflicts with other responsibilities.
✅ What This Feature Does
When configured correctly, Guide will:
Read your events from the selected secondary calendar
Automatically block off conflicts during interview scheduling
Combine this with your default calendar availability for smarter coordination
⚙️ Setup Instructions
Step 1: Check the Calendar’s Sharing Settings
If your secondary calendar is already imported into Google Calendar, it must be visible to Guide.
Open Google Calendar
Click the three-dot menu next to the calendar
Click Settings
Under Access Permissions for events:
✅ “Make available for [your company]”
❌ If this is not checked, Guide will not be able to read this calendar
Step 2: Connect the Calendar in Guide
Go to your Guide Scheduling Preferences page
Scroll to “Secondary availability calendar”
Click Connect Google Calendar if prompted
Select the calendar you imported from the dropdown
Click Save Changes
🎉 You’re All Set!
Guide will now consider availability from both your default calendar and your selected secondary calendar when scheduling interviews.
This is especially helpful for:
On-call rotations
Cross-functional teams
Shared team calendars