Tell me about a hiring mistake you made. Were there any details in the hiring process you missed and realized later? What did you learn from this situation that you can bring to our organization as our next Human Resources professional?

The hiring authority is interested in your ability to identify areas for improvement and learn from your mistakes in a positive, constructive way. Accepting feedback and learning from mistakes aides in your professional development as a human resources professional and benefits the organization you support. As you answer this question, it is okay to be open and honest about a mistake you made during your career during a hiring process. As long as you can talk about correcting the mistake and learning a lesson moving forward, your interviewer will respect your honesty. Briefly discuss the situation, how you course-corrected, and what you learned in the process to bring to this organization's HR team.

"People are an organization's most valuable asset. Hiring top talent derives from an effective hiring process, and there have been times my team or I have missed the mark. Early in my career, we relied heavily on assessing a candidate's previous employers and education. This heavy focus caused us to miss an opportunity to weigh their experiences or how they executed work equally. Our team changed the process to change the result. We learned that asking better questions would help us better assess candidates. We worked together to come up with interview questions that were used to make better hiring decisions."