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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

The interview focused on my recruiting style, my recruiting strategies, how I mentor and grow others, how I build and scale process... essentially the focus areas you'd expect to talk about when taking on a recruiting leadership role. I was able to interview with different areas of the business including the CEO, Head of People, General Council, Recruiting, and Engineering. It was fun to get to learn about all of the functions I'd be supporting.
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Head of Recruiting

Interviewed at Scale

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Sep 11, 2019

The interview focused on my recruiting style, my recruiting strategies, how I mentor and grow others, how I build and scale process... essentially the focus areas you'd expect to talk about when taking on a recruiting leadership role. I was able to interview with different areas of the business including the CEO, Head of People, General Council, Recruiting, and Engineering. It was fun to get to learn about all of the functions I'd be supporting.

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