Talent Acquisition Specialist Interview Questions
Go Back1. What type of people do you not work well with?
2. What is your biggest weakness?
3. What is your top strength?
4. Do you prefer to work on your own or as a part of a team?
5. Do you have any questions for me regarding this role or this organization?
6. Choose one item from your resume and elaborate on it.
7. Why are you looking to leave your current employer?
8. What is the most fun you've ever had at work?
9. As a Talent Acquisition professional, which publications and resources do you turn to most?
10. Can you tell me why you changed your career path and decided to become a Talent Acquisition Specialist?
11. What do you feel is the most important function of the Talent Acquisition Department?
12. Walk me through your HR and Talent Acquisition experience.
13. What do you find to be the most difficult part of Talent Acquisition?
14. On occasion, we have hiring events on evenings or weekends. Would you be able to work those events?
15. Are you willing to travel to visit our locations or for learning opportunities?
16. What HR or Talent Acquisition topic is piquing your interest most right now?
17. Tell me about yourself.
18. What are your salary expectations?
19. When we have new locations open, the team's workload increases significantly. What would you do to manage this?
20. What would you do if you had two hiring managers who wanted to jointly interview a candidate, but they did not have any combined availability on their calendars?
21. Let's say you post an opening and receive 100 applications. How do you sort through them?
22. What would you do if you had two strong candidates with similar backgrounds?
23. Have you ever missed out on or lost a strong candidate? If so, what would you do differently if you could go back?
24. How would you make our company stand out to talented graduates looking for a job?
25. How do you handle a candidate who does not get the job?
26. How do you conduct an interview over the phone?
27. How do you stay connected with applicants?
28. How do you prepare for a candidate interview?
29. How would you familiarize yourself with our ATS?
30. In which ATS systems or TA tools are you best versed?