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15 Tough Interview Questions Candidates Won’t Expect

The Hire Talent

As professional recruiters, we know that we have to go beyond run-of-the-mill interviews and draft some tough interview questions to challenge the candidates when we want to hire talent. You should design such an interview not intending to catch applicants off-guard and put them in awkward situations.

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How to Conduct a Soft Skills Interview in 4 Easy Steps

Talentoday

If you have been following our blog then you know how important we think soft skills are to incorporate into your daily work lives. In this blog article we will take a step-by-step look at how to use soft skills from the very beginning of the employee lifecycle: the interview process. Where should you, as a manager, start?

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Why Shell Pushes Hard on Soft Skills — and How It’s Assessing Them

Linkedin Talent Blog

Part of the challenge is only 41% report their company having a formal assessment process in place. Shell, on the other hand, has developed a multipronged approach that uses work assessments, interview questions, and more to assess candidates. That’s where assessments come in.

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How to Use Personality Tests for Hiring (The Right Way) 

Hundred5

TL;DR – Key Takeaways A personality test evaluates and measures different personality attributes such as character, behavior, emotions, and thoughts. As a pre-employment tool, a personality assessment can help identify candidates with a positive demeanor. What’s the purpose of personality tests in hiring?

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Conflict Resolution Skills: Examples and Assessment

The Hire Talent

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. To back up your observations, we encourage you to use the Big 5 Personality Inventory as well. How to Test Communication Skills. Positive Mindset.

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9 Steps to an Effective Talent Assessment Strategy

Hundred5

Talent assessment strategy refers to the plan or approach that hiring managers use to identify and evaluate the skills and abilities of potential candidates and existing employees in alignment with the business goals. One-way video interviews provide a clear and objective measure of a candidate’s communication and presentation skills.

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The Introvert Extrovert Test | Recruiting Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

The Hire Talent

When you hire new employees, as a recruiter, you already have the hiring profiles, the interview questions, and a good idea of what candidate you are looking for in a particular position. Most likely, you will use pre-employment personality tests to evaluate the applicants besides the cognitive skills testing tools. Image source.