Internal Recruiter Mock Interview

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Do you have experience using an ATS? Which applicant tracking systems do you know best?

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Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

Most companies will use an ATS or applicant tracking system. This system collects and stores job applicants' resumes, personal information, interview notes, documentation, and candidate history. When a job seeker applies online to one of your job postings, their application, documents, and notes will automatically populate into your company's ATS, allowing you to quickly see how well they match the role requirements.

Some of the most popular ATS' will enable you to email a job seeker directly from the system and even book interviews or push out bulk SMS messages. Popular ATS' include Taleo, Bullhorn, Kenexa, SAP Success Factors, and JazzHR. Discuss what you know about ATS features and which systems you have used the most.

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"For the past three years I have used Taleo, first as an HR assistant and then as an Internal Recruiter. When I sent my application to your company online, I noticed that your talent portal is run by Taleo as well. The features I use most in this system include the quick applications overview, email templates, and social job sharing feature."

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30Internal Recruiter Interview Questions & Answers

Performance

1.What are your top 3 most important activities as an Internal Recruiter?

Communication

2.How do you treat candidates not selected for the job? Walk me through your process.

Creative Thinking

3.How do you use social media and other online tools in your recruitment process?

Competency

4.Talk to me about your level of proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter.

Experience

5.What does the term attrition mean, and what are the biggest causes of employee attrition rates?

Experience

6.Do you have experience guiding candidates through job offer negotiations?

Competency

7.When pre-screening a candidate, what is the most important question you could ask?

Experience

8.Do you have experience using an ATS? Which applicant tracking systems do you know best?

Competency

9.How is your recruitment performance measured in your current role?

Competency

10.In an interview, how do you evaluate the performance of an executive candidate who is under a non-disclosure agreement with their current employer?

Behavioral

11.How do you react when you and your leadership team disagree on the quality of a candidate?

Competency

12.How do you quickly learn industry terminology for roles that are new to you?

Compatibility

13.You will face very senior professionals in this role. How do you embody poise and professionalism?

Tough

14.What do you believe to be the most significant change in the recruitment process this year?

Experience

15.Why would your employer prefer to hire a temp over a permanent employee?

Experience

16.Tell me about your experience in terminations.

Competency

17.Which recruitment-related technology and tools you do lean on most often during your day?

Tough

18.Name one thing you could improve in your process, as an Internal Recruiter.

Compatibility

19.Recruitment can be highly frustrating at times. How do you cope with the fact that you are always putting out fires?

Performance

20.Tell me about a time when you influenced hiring practices at your current or former employer.

Diligence

21.When hiring, is it important for you to contact a candidate's professional references?

Experience

22.Do you have experience guiding candidates through job offers and negotiations?

Experience

23.Do you have experience coordinating interviews, and documenting the candidate journey?

Experience

24.Tell me how you find qualified candidates. Share an experience in which one of these methods helped you find a great employee.

Performance

25.How do you help your company to make sound hiring decisions?

Problem Solving

26.How do you use data and analytics in your HR process?

Diligence

27.What new hiring or human resources topic is piquing your interest the most right now?

Experience

28.Do you have experience preparing or leading new hire orientation?

Scenario Based

29.Tell me about a recruitment mistake you made. Were there any details in the process you missed and realized later? How did you adjust based on what you learned?

Compatibility

Internal Recruiter Mock Interview

Do you have experience using an ATS? Which applicant tracking systems do you know best?

30Internal Recruiter Interview Questions & Answers

1.What are your top 3 most important activities as an Internal Recruiter?

2.How do you treat candidates not selected for the job? Walk me through your process.

3.How do you use social media and other online tools in your recruitment process?

4.Talk to me about your level of proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter.

5.What does the term attrition mean, and what are the biggest causes of employee attrition rates?

6.Do you have experience guiding candidates through job offer negotiations?

7.When pre-screening a candidate, what is the most important question you could ask?

8.Do you have experience using an ATS? Which applicant tracking systems do you know best?

9.How is your recruitment performance measured in your current role?

10.In an interview, how do you evaluate the performance of an executive candidate who is under a non-disclosure agreement with their current employer?

11.How do you react when you and your leadership team disagree on the quality of a candidate?

12.How do you quickly learn industry terminology for roles that are new to you?

13.You will face very senior professionals in this role. How do you embody poise and professionalism?

14.What do you believe to be the most significant change in the recruitment process this year?

15.Why would your employer prefer to hire a temp over a permanent employee?

16.Tell me about your experience in terminations.

17.Which recruitment-related technology and tools you do lean on most often during your day?

18.Name one thing you could improve in your process, as an Internal Recruiter.

19.Recruitment can be highly frustrating at times. How do you cope with the fact that you are always putting out fires?

20.Tell me about a time when you influenced hiring practices at your current or former employer.

21.When hiring, is it important for you to contact a candidate's professional references?

22.Do you have experience guiding candidates through job offers and negotiations?

23.Do you have experience coordinating interviews, and documenting the candidate journey?

24.Tell me how you find qualified candidates. Share an experience in which one of these methods helped you find a great employee.

25.How do you help your company to make sound hiring decisions?

26.How do you use data and analytics in your HR process?

27.What new hiring or human resources topic is piquing your interest the most right now?

28.Do you have experience preparing or leading new hire orientation?

29.Tell me about a recruitment mistake you made. Were there any details in the process you missed and realized later? How did you adjust based on what you learned?

30.When entering a new job, describe how you build relationships with your new coworkers and supervisors.