Recruiter Interview

Question 1

What are all the parts you need to cover in an interview

?

Answer 1

1) Welcome
2) Review basic work preferences + references
3) Candidate placement Agreement
4) Candidate Benefits
5) Resume + Portfolio Review
6) The Skills Profile + Evals
7) The Pitch Sheet
8) Set Expectations

Question 2

Part One: Welcome Candidate

Answer 2

• Outline what you are going to do and in what order
• Give them a sense of how much time you have for your meeting
• Tell them a lil bit about CC and your background

Question 3

Part 2: Review Basic Work Preferences and References

Answer 3

• Location, geography, commuting preferences/public transit accessible?
• Availability: FL or FT or both. Offsite/Onsite. When can they start. Do they need to give notice.
• Laptop, MAC/PC
• Rates: Start with History/Current and then ask about Desired. Drill down to find out what the MINIMUM would be
• References: Make sure references are aware that we are calling them and that 2 are supervisory

Question 4

Part 3: Candidate Placement Agreement

Answer 4

• If candidate did not sign the agreement electronically, please bring a paper copy to interview
• Explain that our agreement is Non-Exclusive
• Explain the basic 12 mo working agreement
• Explain that IF booked through CC, they are our employee and that is at an at will basis
• Explain the confidentiality agreement

Question 5

Part 4: Candidate Benefits

Answer 5

• Briefly highlight some of the employee benefits candidates can receive IF placed on assignments through CC: Online timecards, weekly paychecks, insurance benefits etc.
• Give candidate appropriate benefit info sheets

Question 6

Part 5: Resume and Portfolio Review

Answer 6

• Review Resume for any major gaps
• Have candidate give you a brief overview of their employment history for the past 3-5 years
• Show favorite pieces in portfolio and have them break it down

Question 7

Part 5: Sample Questions with a Candidates Resume and Portfolio

Answer 7

• What was your biggest professional accomplishment at this organization?
• What were your main responsibilities?
• Describe the team and your level of interaction at this assignment
• What was the best part of your job and why
• Why do you consider this one of your top pieces
• What was your role in the creation of this piece
• What kinds of challenges did you need to overcome to create this
• What software/technical skills did you use for particular pieces
• What feedback/results did you get

Question 8

Part 6: The Skills + Evals

Answer 8

• Review the skills portion of the Candidate Profile
• Explain how what we selected helps us market them
• Make any necessary to reflect candidates real abilities (have done not can do)
• For Technologies as the candidate to rate each other so that they have selected on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being completely proficient.
• Explain that we will follow up with software/technology evals
• 2-3 evals that would be most appropriate to send

Question 9

Part 7: The Pitch Sheet

Answer 9

• Explain the pitch sheet
• We do not want to double up on the candidates own efforts
• Clarify specifics and timeline of any companies they listed
• ask about other places they may have contacted that they didn’t list.

Question 10

Part 8: Set Expectations

Answer 10

• Explain how we work to bring opportunities to candidates: proactively (Talent Update if applicable), and reactively (sending job opportunity emails
• Walk candidate through how they should respond to Job Opportunity emails and how we will communicate with them moving forward
• Remind them it is a team effort– they may hear from a variety of CC Contacts and jobs and we all work as a team
• Remind them of their commitments to you such as getting you a CC copy of their resume, updating portfolio, and reaching out to references
• Any questions?