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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.

60,890 recruiter interview questions shared by candidates

When wrapping-up our conversation, I asked if she had any final questions for me or any concerns regarding my experience being in line with the role, she said "no". I expressed my interest in moving forward and asked about next steps.
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Recruiter

Interviewed at Appen

3.5★
Mar 22, 2017

When wrapping-up our conversation, I asked if she had any final questions for me or any concerns regarding my experience being in line with the role, she said "no". I expressed my interest in moving forward and asked about next steps.

They asked me what I already knew about the company, and they wanted me to go over my resume in a pretty detailed fashion. They wanted to know if I had ever been around different types of people. They asked where I saw myself in about five years. They wanted to know about any previous work place challenges and how I overcame them.
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Recruitment/Intake

Interviewed at Atlanta Center for Medical Research

2.9★
Jul 27, 2015

They asked me what I already knew about the company, and they wanted me to go over my resume in a pretty detailed fashion. They wanted to know if I had ever been around different types of people. They asked where I saw myself in about five years. They wanted to know about any previous work place challenges and how I overcame them.

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