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What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The posting asks for 6 years of experience.
Main responsibilities
- Partner with Executive Recruiters, cross functional recruiting team members, business and HR leaders to share intel and find great executive level people acr…
- Manage executive search engagements from requisition kick-off meetings to engagement to hire
- Understand and identify competitor landscape and apply intel to research strategies
- Develop unique research strategies in multiple disciplines/domains simultaneously while managing high volume of data
- Come up with fresh ideas and create new ways to attack problems
- Clear articulation in all forms of communication with an emphasis on executive style and approach to each deliverable and presentation
- 6 years of sourcing/executive search ideally with experience at an in-house recruiting team
- Experience using talent market insights and data to influence decisions within the leadership groups and cross-functional teams
- Sourced high-level passive executive talent; Experience within: Product, Product Design, G&A, Marketing or Communications
- Experience developing candidate generation and research techniques
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Partner with Executive Recruiters, cross functional recruiting team members, business and HR leaders to share intel and find great executive level people acr…” · “Experience using talent market insights and data to influence decisions within the leadership groups and cross-functional teams” · “Experience building working relationships with leaders and cross-functional partners”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Partner with Executive Recruiters, cross functional recruiting team members, business and HR leaders to share intel and find great executive level people acr…” · “Manage executive search engagements from requisition kick-off meetings to engagement to hire” · “Clear articulation in all forms of communication with an emphasis on executive style and approach to each deliverable and presentation”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Clear articulation in all forms of communication with an emphasis on executive style and approach to each deliverable and presentation” · “Experience within: Product, Product Design, G&A, Marketing or Communications”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Develop unique research strategies in multiple disciplines/domains simultaneously while managing high volume of data” · “Experience using talent market insights and data to influence decisions within the leadership groups and cross-functional teams”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Problem solving Supporting
In the posting: “A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safe…”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Leadership and mentoring Supporting
In the posting: “Experience using talent market insights and data to influence decisions within the leadership groups and cross-functional teams”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
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- Built from this posting (8):
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to get agreement from people who wanted different things. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
- How have you used recruiting in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using marketing. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.