Permanent Staffing Recruiter Mock Interview

Practice 30 Permanent Staffing Recruiter interview questions covering client development, candidate sourcing, and placement metrics.

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How many permanent placements did you make last year?

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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.

"I started working as a Permanent Recruiter halfway through last year and made a total of 12 placements. I would have loved to see more, but I was training for much of that time. This year, my agency has set me a goal of 35 placements, which I am already on track to achieve."

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.

The interviewer wants an idea of the work volume you have handled in the past. If you made only three placements in a year, that likely means you are a slow Permanent Recruiter and are not used to working in a fast-paced environment. The average Permanent Recruiter will place around a dozen or more candidates per quarter or nearly 50 per year. If you work for a boutique firm, that number may be less. Discuss with the interviewer how many permanent job placements you are accustomed to making while highlighting the fact that you are a high performer.

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.

"Last year, my goal was to place 35 candidates. I wanted to reach my stretch bonus and achieve this by placing 42 candidates in total. It felt great! My average per quarter is around ten candidates."

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In my last position over the course of 1 year, I placed roughly 20 associates, 5 supervisors, and 2 managers.

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This answer is a good start! Can you share with the interviewer your process, what you did to find these great candidates, and a little bit in regards to your retention rate?

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30Permanent Staffing Recruiter Interview Questions & Answers

Competency

1.What are your top 3 most important activities as a recruiter?

Experience

2.Are you accustomed to working in a bullpen environment or do you have a personal office?

Compatibility

3.Talented recruiters are entrepreneurial. Give me an example of how you have embraced an entrepreneurial mindset.

Behavioral

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

Experience

5.What is the most critical area of training for a new recruiter?

Scenario Based

6.What steps would you take if your newly placed candidate quit without notice?

Competency

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

Competency

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

Accomplishment

9.How many permanent placements did you make last year?

Experience

10.Walk me through the types of placements you have made in your recruitment career. In which industries are most interested?

Creative Thinking

11.How do you use data and analytics in your recruitment process?

Diligence

12.As a perm recruiter, which publications and resources do you turn to the most?

Career Goals

13.What does the term personal branding mean to you? Are you satisfied with your personal brand?

Experience

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

Diligence

15.How do you properly vet potential new clients? Is it necessary to you to that your clients are ethical, or will you take any job order?

Experience

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

Customer Service

17.How do you help your clients to make sound hiring decisions?

Experience

18.Tell me three details a recruiter should never include in a job posting.

Experience

19.Do you have experience writing resumes, and coaching candidates on how to best present themselves to a client?

Problem Solving

20.If you had a highly skilled candidate, but their appearance was terrible, would you present them to your client?

Creative Thinking

21.When interviewing a candidate, what is the most important question you could ask?

Experience

22.Recruitment requires a lot of selling. Do you have any sales training?

Diligence

23.How often do you look for opportunities to approach potential new clients?

Experience

24.In which industry are you best versed, when it comes to permanent staffing needs?

Experience

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

Communication

26.How do you maintain relationships with your clients?

Communication

27.What would you do if a client asked something unethical of you?

Performance

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

Salary

29.Are you comfortable being paid on a 100% commission basis?

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Permanent Staffing Recruiter Mock Interview

How many permanent placements did you make last year?

30Permanent Staffing Recruiter Interview Questions & Answers

1.What are your top 3 most important activities as a recruiter?

2.Are you accustomed to working in a bullpen environment or do you have a personal office?

3.Talented recruiters are entrepreneurial. Give me an example of how you have embraced an entrepreneurial mindset.

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

5.What is the most critical area of training for a new recruiter?

6.What steps would you take if your newly placed candidate quit without notice?

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

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

9.How many permanent placements did you make last year?

10.Walk me through the types of placements you have made in your recruitment career. In which industries are most interested?

11.How do you use data and analytics in your recruitment process?

12.As a perm recruiter, which publications and resources do you turn to the most?

13.What does the term personal branding mean to you? Are you satisfied with your personal brand?

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

15.How do you properly vet potential new clients? Is it necessary to you to that your clients are ethical, or will you take any job order?

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

17.How do you help your clients to make sound hiring decisions?

18.Tell me three details a recruiter should never include in a job posting.

19.Do you have experience writing resumes, and coaching candidates on how to best present themselves to a client?

20.If you had a highly skilled candidate, but their appearance was terrible, would you present them to your client?

21.When interviewing a candidate, what is the most important question you could ask?

22.Recruitment requires a lot of selling. Do you have any sales training?

23.How often do you look for opportunities to approach potential new clients?

24.In which industry are you best versed, when it comes to permanent staffing needs?

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

26.How do you maintain relationships with your clients?

27.What would you do if a client asked something unethical of you?

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

29.Are you comfortable being paid on a 100% commission basis?

30.What questions do you have for me?