Permanent Staffing Recruiter Mock Interview
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What are your top 3 most important activities as a recruiter?
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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.
"From what I have read in the job posting, it's important that I spend a lot of time interviewing candidates, performing a variety of business development activities, and following up with my candidates. Documentation is also an important function, ensuring that my accounts remain up to date at all times."
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 hiring authority is looking to see that you have a full understanding of your responsibilities as a recruiter. By discussing what you believe to be the top 3 activities you will be doing in this role, you are showing the interviewer that you have an understanding of the job.
If you are currently working as a recruiter, discuss what you now take care of in your role, on a daily or weekly basis. If you are new to the recruitment world, lean on what you know from research and the job description or job posting.
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 top three most important activities as a recruiter are to develop a solid candidate pool, create trusting client relationships, and dive into business development. These three tasks will ensure that I have a strong amount of job orders, enough candidates to quickly fill my positions, and a great reputation to build on."
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My top 3 most important activities as a recruiter are acting as the primary point of contact for clientele, generating client business and delivering on resumes and interviews, and delivering quality results for clients by matching the best person with the job.
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Good! It seems you have a strong grasp of your core duties. Try adding in some detail regarding the volume of work you currently manage, as far as these duties go. I have provided a starter, below.
"My top 3 most important activities as a recruiter are to act as the primary point of contact for my list of 60 clients, generate new business in the form of at least four new clients per month...."
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Building a solid pool, collecting a diverse assortment of resumes and not getting stuck in a specific "type" of candidate. Developing questions for phone screening/interview that are effective and out of the box that will delve into their behavior and their specific experience to paint a clear picture of the applicant's abilities. Lastly, it is SO important to be charismatic, kind, compassionate, and overall helpful. The process isn't easy for everyone, and you want candidates to feel they can trust you and come to you with questions or concerns. Moreover, you are the face of a brand! You must represent your brand very well.
Rachelle's Feedback
Awesome! You are SO right about being charismatic, kind, compassionate, and helpful. Your answer brings a lot of energy, which any interviewer should appreciate.
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