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Hiring agencies and corporations look for someone with good listening and communication skills when hiring a recruiter. Be prepared to answer questions about your ability to listen to a potential candidate. Expect questions about your relationship with past managers, how you deal with rejected candidates, and when a candidate may reject a job offer from you.

Top Recruiter Interview Questions & How To Answer

Question 1

Question #1: What was your relationship like with your past managers?

How to answer
How to answer: This question is designed to see how well you, as a recruiter, work with managers and how you view your relationship with them. Answering that you feel that you and your managers work as partners and together in a proactive, positive manner.
Question 2

Question #2: How did you tell a potential candidate that they didn't get the job?

How to answer
How to answer: The hiring agency is looking for how a recruiter can handle delivering rejection to a candidate and their ability to use soft skillsto share that information. Answer by stating that you contacted the potential candidate to tell them the news, explained why they didn't get the job, and shared tips to enhance their next job interview.
Question 3

Question #3: What did you do when a qualified candidate rejected your job offer?

How to answer
How to answer: Occasionally, a candidate will reject a recruiter's job offer. Answer that you contacted the candidate to find out why they rejected the job offer. If the rejection had a valid reason — say the salary was too low — make it clear that you went to your hiring manager to help negotiate the salary the candidate was asking for.

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They asked me to describe how I handled certain situations in previous positions. Mainly difficult situations. I learned they wanted to know because they know that their ever ending changes makes donors and blood drive sponsors very upset and you have to smooth things over constantly.
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Donor Recruitment Representative

Interviewed at American Red Cross

3.3★
Mar 11, 2016

They asked me to describe how I handled certain situations in previous positions. Mainly difficult situations. I learned they wanted to know because they know that their ever ending changes makes donors and blood drive sponsors very upset and you have to smooth things over constantly.

What are your career goals? What are you GREAT at, professionally? 3 things. What are you not GREAT at? 3 things. Who were your last 3 bosses? (Names and companies) What will your former bosses tell us about your strengths and weaknesses? Education: What were some of your biggest accomplishments? What were mistakes you made? Work Experience: (Same five questions for the last three jobs) 1: What were you hired to do? 2:What were your accomplishments that you were proud of? 3:What were mistakes you made? (Low points of that job) 4: What would you have done differently? 5: Tell me about the people you worked with. Who was your boss? What was it like working for them? When I get a chance to talk to him/her, what will they tell me about your clear strengths/weaknesses Why did you leave?
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IT Recruiter

Interviewed at Connective Talent

3.8★
Aug 2, 2022

What are your career goals? What are you GREAT at, professionally? 3 things. What are you not GREAT at? 3 things. Who were your last 3 bosses? (Names and companies) What will your former bosses tell us about your strengths and weaknesses? Education: What were some of your biggest accomplishments? What were mistakes you made? Work Experience: (Same five questions for the last three jobs) 1: What were you hired to do? 2:What were your accomplishments that you were proud of? 3:What were mistakes you made? (Low points of that job) 4: What would you have done differently? 5: Tell me about the people you worked with. Who was your boss? What was it like working for them? When I get a chance to talk to him/her, what will they tell me about your clear strengths/weaknesses Why did you leave?

I was asked everything under the sun from salary requirements, to job expectations, to past job salaries, to past job performance and experience, to random behavioral and on-your-feet style questions about the type of employee and person I am.
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Account Executive/Recruiter

Interviewed at ALL’s WELL Health Care Services

3.7★
May 9, 2016

I was asked everything under the sun from salary requirements, to job expectations, to past job salaries, to past job performance and experience, to random behavioral and on-your-feet style questions about the type of employee and person I am.

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