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What steps do you take to ensure that you fully understand a clients' hiring objectives and requirements?

When you take a new job order from a client, your success in filling the role relies entirely on your ability to listen and ask the right questions of your client. The interviewer wants to see that you possess the insight and intuition to know how to get the correct information from your clients. Discuss what you do t ensure that you are on the same page of your clients, at all times.

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30 IT Staffing Interview Questions & Answers

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  • 1. What steps do you take to ensure that you fully understand a clients' hiring objectives and requirements?

  • 2. Where do you go to source candidates, and in what order?

  • 3. Walk me through your experience facilitating hiring decisions, including salary recommendations, benefits, other employment terms.

  • 4. What do you know about Company ABC client base?

  • 5. Do you have more experience with permanent placement or contract recruitment? Which do you prefer?

  • 6. Company ABC offers many growth opportunities into sales, operations, corporate and more. What are your long term career goals within IT staffing?

  • 7. Company ABC specializes in staffing IT professionals within the technology, digital, creative, healthcare technology, engineering, life sciences, and government sectors. If you could recruit in any industry and specialty, what would you choose and why?

  • 8. What economic factors impact the staffing industry the most?

  • 9. Do you understand the pros and cons of temporary staffing versus permanent hire?

  • 10. Talk to me about your sales training. Do you enjoy sales?

  • 11. Much of the work at Company ABC includes cold calling candidates and other prospects. Walk me through your cold calling experience.

  • 12. With which applicant tracking systems are you most familiar? Explain to me how an ATS works.

  • 13. You land a new job order from a client. What do you do next?

  • 14. Have you ever been unsuccessful in filling a clients' needs? If so, how did you react?

  • 15. What targets and goals are most important, in your current role? How is your performance measured?

  • 16. How do you feel about working in a highly commissioned environment?

  • 17. What are your most important daily tasks as an IT recruiter?

  • 18. If you could change any aspect of the IT staffing industry, what would it be?

  • 19. Walk me through your process after a candidate is rejected by a client.

  • 20. Company ABC goes beyond only matching resumes with open jobs. We help to grow and develop the careers of our candidates. How will you contribute to this mission?

  • 21. How would you define STEM? Why is it important?

  • 22. What would you do if one of your contractors quit their assignment without notice?

  • 23. How comfortable are you with using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter to source new candidates and clients?

  • 24. What does attrition mean, and what are the most significant factors that impact employee attrition rates?

  • 25. Rate your resume writing skills from 1-10. Are you able to help a candidate position themselves flawlessly to your clients?

  • 26. What questions do you have for me?

  • 27. Would you be honest with a candidate who did not get the job due to their appearance?

  • 28. Company ABC helps our clients grow and succeed by introducing them to top talent. How do you determine which candidates are the best match?

  • 29. Exceptional IT staffing requires an intimate knowledge of the industry. How do you remain up to date on changes and trends within IT?

  • 30. What are your earnings expectations as an IT recruiter?