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