Temporary Staffing Recruiter Mock Interview
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Question 12 of 30
Tell me about a time when you were unsuccessful in filling a job order. How did you handle the situation?
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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.
"I had an oil and gas client last year who needed a role filled with a highly specific skill set. I knew the job order would be a challenge to fill, but I underestimated just how difficult. It ended up being my longest 'order to placement' of the past three years, taking me nearly six weeks to fill. I worked very hard at that job order, combing resumes online, asking for referrals on LinkedIn, and cold calling. It was a grind; however, my client did end up hiring the temp candidate as a permanent employee after just three months."
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.
Temp recruiters work with tight deadlines, important client needs, unreliable candidates (at times!), and a variety of circumstances out of their control. In this high-pressure, fast-paced environment, the interviewer wants to know how you react when failures occur or you fall short. Nobody is perfect. Show the interviewer that you get back up and try again, never giving up in the face of perceived failure. The best temp recruiters have grit, and the interviewer wants to see that this is a characteristic you possess.
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.
"Just last month I had a client give me 24 hours to fill ten warehouse picker openings. I was able to fill eight of the ten; however, the morning of their shift start, two of the temps did not show up. I was not thrilled with this 60% success rate; however, rather than becoming too discouraged, I picked up the phone and started calling. I had the four open spots filled by the end of the day and my client was thrilled."
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