How to Hire a Successful Coporate Recruiter - Interview Guide
January 24, 2012 newtonsoftware 40 other publications
The following is an interview guide for hiring a successful corporate recruiter. The key traits are listed in bold. A list of behavioral interview questions is provided to help screen for each trait. Take a few minutes and reflect on your conversation with the candidate and compare your observations against the high/low probabilities listed after the questions. Unfortunately, too many companies make costly mistakes by not vetting their recruiters properly. This leads to inefficiency, wasted time, wasted resources, diminished status within the corporate hierarchy, etc. It's not surprising. There's still no professional degree or even professional certification for recruiters. And, over the years, recruiting has gotten more sophisticated. Once closed networks are wide open. Today, it's less about processing people and more about leveraging technology, relationship building and managing information. Now more than ever, it takes talented corporate recruiters to find talented employees.
The following is an interview guide for hiring a successful corporate recruiter. The key traits are listed in bold. A list of behavioral interview questions is provided to hel...
