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Recruiter & Technical Recruiter Interview Questions

1

What does inclusion mean to you?

Diversity & Inclusion Understanding

2

What does hiring by committee mean?

Hiring Process Understanding

3

What is the difference between management and leadership?

Leadership Understanding

4

What are 5 attributes would you attribute to people who work at Google?

Company Culture Understanding

5

What would an exceptional recruiter look like at Uber?

Role Understanding

6

What is the purpose of diversity? Why is it important?

Diversity & Inclusion Understanding

7

How do you hire for inclusivity?

Hiring Process Understanding

8

How do you collaborate with others to problem-solve?

Collaboration Skills

9

You are tasked with improving the efficiency of the hiring process. What metrics would you track? And why?

Process Improvement

10

How would you ensure you are sourcing a diverse set of candidates?

Talent Sourcing

11

How would you about identifying the top software engineers at another organization?

Talent Identification

12

Tell me the 10 things you would ask a hiring manager when taking a job brief.

Communication Skills

13

How do you become a subject matter expert at the roles you are hiring for?

Role Understanding, Continuous Learning

14

How do you improve the sourcing process?

Process Improvement

15

How would you increase attendance of a recruiter training workshop?

Training, Strategy Development

16

I want you to imagine you are tasked with hiring a new candidate in 7 days for a new role. How would you do it?

Time Management, Strategy Development

17

How would you foster an inclusive environment at Microsoft if you were the Head of Diversity?

Diversity & Inclusion Understanding, Strategy Development

18

How would you improve Google's hiring process?

Process Improvement

19

Facebook is opening a new 1,000 employee office, how would you assess the hiring needs of that new office if you were a hiring manager?

Strategic Planning

20

If Google were to build cubicles, how would you show that this promotes efficiency?

Workplace Efficiency

21

What metrics would you track to ensure you were performing well?

Performance Evaluation

22

I want you to imagine Netflix is opening a new office and you are hiring manager tasked with hiring 100 engineers over the next 12 months. How would you go about this?

Strategic Planning

23

I want you to imagine you are talking to a director from another company. How would you convince them they should work with you?

Persuasion Skills

24

Tell me about a time you have had to coordinate the efforts of multiple departments/teams for a common goal.

Teamwork, Leadership

25

Tell me about a time when you had to communicate a major project change to your group? How did you go about it, how did your team respond?

Communication Skills, Change Management

26

Tell me about a strategic initiative that failed?

Problem-solving, Resilience

27

Tell me about a time you built trust with an upset external stakeholder?

Stakeholder Management, Relationship Building

28

Tell me about a time when a project you were managing was running seriously behind schedule, and what did you do about it?

Time Management, Problem-solving

29

Tell me about a time when you took on something significant outside your area of responsibility. Why was it important? What was the outcome?

Initiative, Impact Evaluation

30

Tell me about a project you were managing where a dispute between stakeholders threatened the success of the project, and what did you do?

Conflict Resolution, Stakeholder Management

31

Tell me about a time when an internal team was not meeting your standards and how you were able to coach them to improve/up their standards? How did you go about it?

Coaching, Team Development

32

Tell me about a time you have provided an amazing experience for a candidate?

Candidate Experience, Relationship Building

33

Tell me about your most interesting hire. Why was it your most interesting hire?

Reflection, Talent Identification

34

Tell me about a unique strategy you used to source a candidate?

Innovation, Talent Sourcing

35

Tell me about a time you used data/analytics to improve the recruiting process?

Data-driven Decision Making, Process Improvement

36

Tell me about a time you collaborated with leadership outside of your product area to get better results?

Cross-functional Collaboration, Leadership

37

Tell me about a time you helped your colleagues have greater success, that could be with sourcing efforts, overall recruiting, working with hiring managers, etc.?

Teamwork, Collaboration

38

What is the role of a recruiter in an organization?

Role Understanding

39

How would you handle a situation where a candidate declines an offer at the last moment?

Crisis Management

40

How would you ensure that the candidates' experience during the hiring process is positive?

Candidate Experience, Communication

41

Can you discuss a time when you had to balance quality vs quantity in your recruiting efforts?

Trade-off Decision Making

42

Discuss a situation where you had to convince a hiring manager to consider a non-traditional candidate for a role.

Persuasion Skills, Diversity & Inclusion Understanding

43

How do you ensure the ongoing development of your knowledge in the ever-changing technology industry as a technical recruiter?

Continuous Learning, Industry Awareness

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