Temporary Staffing Recruiter Interview Questions
Go Back1. What questions do you have for me?
2. What approach do you take when telling a candidate that they did not get the job?
3. How would you make an average candidate appear more attractive to a client?
4. Do you consider yourself a persuasive person?
5. What is your most successful strategy in attracting new candidates for your clients' temporary positions?
6. Walk me through your process after receiving a new job order.
7. When interviewing a temp candidate, what is the most important question you could ask?
8. How do you maintain relationships with your clients?
9. How often do you look for opportunities to approach potential new clients?
10. Tell me about your experience in terminations.
11. Do you have experience using an ATS? Which applicant tracking systems do you know best?
12. Recruitment requires a lot of selling. Do you have any sales training?
13. Why would a client prefer to hire a temp over a permanent employee?
14. In which industry are you best versed, when it comes to temporary staffing needs?
15. What could your current employer do for you that would have prevented you from looking for a job?
16. How do you like to be recognized for your accomplishments?
17. Name one thing you could improve in your process, as a Temporary Recruiter.
18. How is your recruitment performance measured in your current role?
19. What is your current temp-to-hire ratio?
20. Which technology and tools you do lean on most often during your day?
21. When have you had to shift your priorities in response to sudden changes?
22. When a problem requires a quick solution, how do you respond?
23. Are you comfortable being paid on a 100% commission basis?
24. Tell me about a time when you had to make a decision without all the information you needed.
25. Tell me about a time when you were unsuccessful in filling a job order. How did you handle the situation?
26. What would you do if a client asked something unethical of you?
27. Temporary staffing can be highly frustrating at times. How do you cope with the fact that you are always putting out fires?
28. What do you believe to be the most significant change in recruitment this year?
29. Do you like being around people?
30. When was the last time you contributed to a team effort and what was your role?