How would you find qualified candidates for our open positions? If possible, share a time that you used a unique approach to recruit a great candidate.

At some point during your interview as the next HR professional at their organization, your interviewer will be looking for you to demonstrate the various recruiting and interviewing methods you have used in your hiring practices in the past. Take the time to walk them through your process, including the tools you lean on to make successful candidate matches. To solidify your answer to this question, be sure to research the organization and the types of positions you would be recruiting for in this role to talk about some unique ways to successfully recruit top talent to this team.

"There is no one magic bullet when it comes to finding talent. In partnership with my recruitment team, I utilize online recruiting methods through job boards such as Indeed and ZipRecruiter. I also utilize many of the LinkedIn premium features for candidate matching and messaging. Offline avenues include career fairs and referral programs. Recognizing that great talent typically knows great talent, I recently implemented an associate referral program at my company. The purpose of this program is to attract top talent by encouraging recommendations from existing employees. Through this program, we have now hired five exceptional new leaders within the organization. I think a referral program would work great for the niche positions that I would be recruiting here."