Amazon Recruiters are comfortable with numbers and drawing insights from analytics to make our hiring process smarter and more efficient. How do you use data to educate hiring managers and influence smart hiring decisions?

As a recruitment professional, you should be very comfortable using data vs. opinion to make recommendations and help drive intelligent hiring decisions. You can best influence hiring managers and help them make the best talent acquisition decisions by:

- Ensuring that you have a strong understanding of the company's market
- Developing a deep understanding of the business
- Being brave and asking tough questions to uncover core needs, pain points, and desires
- Continually educate yourself by leaning on resources such as Mercer's annual Global Talent Trends report

As an Amazon Recruiter, you'll be expected to bring a data-driven approach to your work. Amazon even states in one of its Leadership Principles, 'Dive deep. Leaders operate at all levels, stay connected to the details, audit frequently, and are skeptical when metrics and anecdote differ.'

Show the interviewer that you understand how to use analytics in your talent attraction processes. If possible, give a specific example of a time when your use of data and analytics led to a competitive hire, valuable market assessment, or a successful talent acquisition campaign. You can deliver this story-based example using the STAR method. STAR is an acronym for Situation, Task, Action, Result.

"Many recruitment professionals rely on the existing processes of their organization, which is an important factor; however, it should not be 100% of the work. I analyze data from our company's previous hires, successes, and failures of the past, employee attrition data, and more. Then, I make hiring recommendations based on what I see to be working for our organization in the future. I recently helped reduce our unnecessary workforce spend by replacing four low-performing employees with one full-time employee and one part-time staff member. My director was thankful that I took the time to analyze the issues before recommending a new-hire solution that was not as budget-friendly or effective. I appreciate that Amazon brings a data-driven approach supported by its Leadership Principle, 'Dive Deep.' This approach encourages talent acquisition professionals to be more curious and make decisions based on data vs. opinion. I look forward to becoming part of this innovative data-focused team."