HackerRank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We organize webinars where we provide a detailed walkthrough of our interviewing process, especially for technical candidates. One of the most frequent inquiries we receive is how candidates can best prepare for interviews or applications. In our job descriptions, we make it a point to highlight our comprehensive onboarding process.

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Talentoday

DECEMBER 16, 2020

If you have been following our blog then you know how important we think soft skills are to incorporate into your daily work lives. Hard skills will get you the job, but soft skills will make you successful.” - Me, at least 3 times per week However, sometimes this can seem overwhelming. Where should you, as a manager, start?

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Devskiller

JUNE 1, 2023

If you landed on this blog post, chances are you have questions as to how to hire a software engineer. Set your recruitment goals First and foremost, even before crafting your job description, you need to outline your recruitment goals. And you’re not the only one.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A great candidate experience can help you engage more job seekers and sway your top-choice candidate toward accepting your job offer over another. Candidate experience is how a job seeker perceives a company’s brand throughout the hiring process — from the job description to the interview process to follow-up communications.

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Recruiter Flow

JANUARY 21, 2024

What is a Recruitment Pipeline A recruiting pipeline serves as a visual representation of the sequential stages within your hiring process for a specific job position. Successful candidates then go through stages like screening, assessment, and interviews. It begins with sourcing, where candidates enter the pipeline.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

APRIL 18, 2018

It’s no secret that I consider psychological pseudo-tests like Predictive Index and DISC for assessing candidates as counterproductive, the use of behavioral interviewing as misguided and that the marketing of skills- and experience-laden job descriptions as ineffective for attracting the best and most diverse talent.

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The Hire Talent

JANUARY 14, 2021

Seasoned recruiters and HR departments know very well the distinction between traditional interview questions and behavioral interview questions. In the latter category, you have inquiries meaning to trigger answers reflecting a candidate’s experiences, skills, and aptitudes that relate directly to the job in question.

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Workable

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Although the interview process can be daunting, preparation is the key to building your confidence and proving that you’re the best candidate. Learn how to ace an interview with 19 steps that will help you stand out and succeed. Before the interview. Reread the job description. Is your interview remote?

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Hundred5

JANUARY 4, 2023

Everything from compelling job descriptions to the perceived company culture and employee referral program falls under the employer brand. Old-school recruitment practices , such as manual CV screening and phone screen interviews, burden the recruiting team with unnecessary work and create artificial barriers for suitable candidates.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

JULY 20, 2017

Your job description is all about the “skills” and “experiences” required, instead of the work that needs to be done. But it’s actually a roundabout way to get to the real question you care about: “can they do the job?”. Instead of focusing on qualifications that suggest competence, go straight to what the job actually entails.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

So rather than using a skills-infested job description, I always ask the hiring manager what the person needs to do to be successful and why a top person would see the job as a career move. To receive blog posts like this one straight in your inbox, subscribe to the blog newsletter.

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Recruiting Blogs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

interviewing on campus instead of your office), it’s important to tailor your company’s recruiting experience to specifically to college students. Creating Job Descriptions. Crafting an eye-catching job description starts with understanding your audience – which in this case is college students.

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Recruiting Daily Advisor

AUGUST 18, 2023

In a Greenhouse survey of 1,500 employees last year, nearly half of all respondents reported rejecting job offers after negative interview experiences. Some of the worst include employers trying to schedule nine rounds of interviews or requesting extensive unpaid work.

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Hundred5

JUNE 19, 2023

To find the best problem solvers, hiring managers rely on problem-solving interview questions and skills tests. In the interview, asking various behavioral-type questions can help assess a candidate’s ability to analyze complex situations, think critically , and develop innovative solutions.

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Hundred5

JUNE 22, 2023

of candidate responses to a recent poll cited “bad interview vibes” as their main reason for turning down a job offer? Sure, the market may be saturated with job seekers – with job postings receiving an average of 250 applications – but high-performing (Gen Z) candidates will almost always be picky about where they work.

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Ongig

MAY 6, 2024

The examples of unconscious bias in job descriptions are rampant. The bad news: your job postings likely have some bias. You can eliminate unconscious bias in job descriptions manually (see tips below) or through a solution like Ongig’s Text Analyzer software. I’ve included 14 examples below.

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The Hire Talent

MAY 7, 2023

Here’s how: Use a combination of surveys, assessments, performance reviews , and behavioral interviews to gather data on your team’s current skill set. Or, pull up a job description online and ask the relevant stakeholder to explain what resonates and why. Review your company’s mission statement and cultural values.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Use the job description to show the candidate the impact the job will have. The job description is an “opportunity to really capture the imagination of your potential candidate,” explains Srinivasan. Interview like you mean it. Now think about all of the candidates you interviewed and didn’t hire.

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Hundred5

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Settling the debate of structured interview vs. unstructured interview is pretty easy: it depends. ??. More seriously, though, every hiring manager understands that the interview process is difficult. What are the key differences between structured and unstructured interviews? What makes a structured interview?

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The Hire Talent

APRIL 23, 2021

Phone interviews are nothing new in the recruitment process. Of course, now we have enough tech tools to conduct an interview from a reasonable distance and still have a satisfactory “live” conversation with applicants. Do the Phone Interview Questions Differ from In-Person Interview Questions?

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HackerRank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By embracing this new model, you’re not just selecting candidates who can do the job today but those who can grow with your company and adapt to future needs. Go beyond basic job descriptions — engage with the team and the hiring manager to understand what tasks the new hire will be doing and what skills they need to excel in that role.

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Hiretual

MAY 11, 2023

Clearly define what the job actually needs One of the biggest mistakes organizations make when hiring is failing to clearly define what the job actually requires. For example, there are many job descriptions that require a college degree that don’t actually need it. A structured interview process can help.

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Hundred5

MARCH 22, 2023

One way to improve the accuracy of your hiring hit rate is by designing and using a candidate scorecard for interviews , so your team can support their hiring decisions with real, quantitative data. With practical tools, like interview scorecards, your team has the insight for smarter decisions that save you time and effort.

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Hundred5

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The interview process isn’t just about understanding the technical strengths and weaknesses of a candidate, it’s also about getting to know their personality. Grab a cup of coffee, relax, and enjoy our complete guide to personality interview questions. Why ask personality questions in an interview? Top tip: Note!

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Hundred5

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Because personality tests draw inconclusive results and are easy to fake, it’s best to use them in combination with soft skills assessments , technical skills assessments, cognitive ability tests , and behavioral interviewing. Use the identified job requirements to create a list of questions to test the candidate’s skills. . #2

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4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Soft skills are those hard-to-pin-down capabilities like communication and leadership that are difficult to quantify, but that play an outsized role in both job performance and cultural fit. We’ll explain how to assess soft skills in an interview to make sure a candidate with a strong resume will translate into a strong part of the team.

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The Hire Talent

APRIL 15, 2021

When we hire talent, we need to look beyond job descriptions and focus on finding people who match the organizational culture to become assets and future leaders. You can test such communication skills as they play out in real-time during a behavioral interview focused on conflict resolution, teamwork, and even leadership skills.

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Hundred5

AUGUST 11, 2023

How to know if someone’s not fit for a manager position You’ve created the job description , went through the screening process and you reviewed all the internal and external candidates. From the moment you put together a job description to the moment you make an offer, the differences are immense.

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Recruiting Daily

AUGUST 13, 2015

Employees know their teams and your business better than anyone, and, unlike, say, some stupid behavioral interviewing question ( “which type of car would you be and why?”), In fact, Glassdoor data shows that employee referrals not only increase the likelihood a candidate will get selected for an interview by 2.6-6.6%,

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Hundred5

JANUARY 31, 2024

Interview structures should remove bias and make every candidate comfortable, while job ads and descriptions should use neutral language wherever possible. Diversity vs. inclusion Browse an HR blog or two, and you’ll quickly see that the words diversity and inclusion in recruiting often go together.

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The Hire Talent

MAY 28, 2021

You Post Vague and Fluffy Job Descriptions. Job descriptions containing more fluff than substantiated information will attract a high number of applications and candidates. Involve the team in writing the job descriptions. In such cases, no well-written job description will attract the talent you seek.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

I worked with our facilities manager to write up the job description, source and screen candidates, interview, facilitate the hiring decision, and make the offer. Candidates are trained to show up enthusiastically for an interview. Long story short, I filled this same role about every six months for the first 18 months.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

I worked with our facilities manager to write up the job description, source and screen candidates, interview, facilitate the hiring decision, and make the offer. Candidates are trained to show up enthusiastically for an interview. Long story short, I filled this same role about every six months for the first 18 months.

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The Hire Talent

MARCH 24, 2021

We highly recommend behavioral interview questions , simulations, even internship programs as parts of your talent acquisition strategies. It comes with no surprise that conflict mediation is a job in itself, and we have dedicated organizations training individuals to perform it. Decision Making and Problem Solving.

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Linkedin Talent Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

Job descriptions: Consider removing educational requirements: In the U.S., 70% of jobs require a bachelor's degree, but only 37% of the workforce has one. Interviewing: Behavioral interviewing: Lean on TMAAT (tell me about a time) questions for preidentifed skills and rank answers against a predefined rubric.

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Devskiller

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Interviews. Finding an interviewer panel for a role. Scheduling technical interviews. Tech interviews. Scheduling interviews. Convincing candidates to do interviews. 4th to 5th rounds of interview. Understanding the job description. Unstable job market. Interview process.

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Ongig

APRIL 17, 2020

There are a ton of great HR/Recruitment blogs. We’ve compiled a list of the top 100 HR blogs by organic traffic they receive via Google and search engines (see Methodology below). Ongig, of course, has its own recruiting blog — you’re reading it right now! Wow, 18 other blogs beat us in traffic!

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