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41 HR Officer Questions And Answers

21⟩ Information Technology Based HR Officer Job Interview Questions

☛ In your experience, what are the essential elements of an IT disaster recovery plan?

☛ Describe the types of network security features you have implemented or maintained in the past.

☛ When you have several users experiencing computer problems, how do you determine which users get help first?

☛ Describe your decision-making process when selecting which IT certifications to pursue.

☛ Of your certifications, which one(s) have you found most helpful when you encounter technical problems on the job?

☛ In your opinion, how does managing a staff of technical workers differ from managing other kinds of workers?

☛ What brands of hardware do you feel most comfortable dealing with?

☛ What software have you had the most success supporting?

☛ What characteristics do you feel are necessary for success as a technical support worker?

☛ Describe a past situation in which you provided excellent customer service to a user.

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22⟩ Customer Service Based HR Officer Job Interview Questions

☛ What do you like about being in Customer Service? What do you find is the most difficult part of being in Customer Service?

☛ What do you think is fundamental to effective Customer Service?

☛ Tell me about a time when you went out of your way to give great service to a customer?

☛ Describe a process or system that you improved so customers would be better served.

☛ Tell me about a time when you asked for feedback on your customer service skills from your manager or co-worker and then used that response to improve your work.

☛ Tell me about a time when you knew that your customer might not get what he or she needed on time. How did you handle this?

☛ Tell me about a time when you had to say “No” to a customer because it was against company policy.

☛ Tell me about a time when you had trouble working with a difficult or demanding customer. How did you handle this?

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23⟩ Management Based HR Officer Job Interview Questions

☛ Define professional behavior and/or conduct appropriate in the workplace.

☛ Why do you think a team of people – sports team, work team, may not work well together?

☛ Tell us about your management style – people, teamwork, direction?

☛ Describe an ideal supervisor.

☛ What is your own philosophy of management?

☛ How have you participated in planning processes?

☛ What was the most challenging personnel issue you’ve had to deal with and how did you handle it?

☛ Describe for me a time when you have come across questionable business practices; how did you handle the situation?

☛ A new policy is to be implemented organization-wide. You do not agree with this new policy. How do you discuss this policy with your staff?

☛ Describe for me a decision you made which would normally have been made by your supervisor? What was the outcome?

☛ Discuss and differentiate between remediation, corrective action, and discipline.

☛ Explain, step by step, how you have handled an employee who had performance problems.

☛ Why should employees seek to improve their knowledge and skill base? How would you motivate them to do so?

☛ What coaching or mentoring experience have you had? With groups or one-on-one? How did you determine the appropriate way to coach/mentor and what were the results?

☛ Management requires both good writing and verbal skills for good communication. When it comes to giving information to employees that can be done either way, do you prefer to write a memo OR talk to the employee?

☛ When making a decision to fire an employee, do you find it easy because of the company’s needs OR difficult because of the employee’s needs?

☛ Managing requires motivating employees as well as accomplishing tasks. Do you find it more natural to point out what’s wrong so employees can accomplish tasks competently OR to praise employees for their work and then point out what may need correcting?

☛ Managers need good information and managers need to make good decisions. Do you tend to gather information up to a deadline in order to make a better-informed decision OR gather just enough information to make a good decision quickly?

☛ What is the largest number of employees you have supervised and what were their job functions?

☛ Are you best at dealing with details and day-to-day operations OR with concepts, envisioning and future planning? Give me an example.

☛ Organization and time management are essential when supervising others. Give specific examples of large projects or assignments you have been given and then explain how you went about prioritizing and organizing the task completion through your staff.

☛ Suppose you are in a situation where deadlines and priorities change frequently and rapidly. How would you handle this?

☛ What methods do you use to make decisions? When do you find it most difficult to make a decision?

☛ A new policy is to be implemented organization-wide. You do not agree with this new policy. How do you discuss this policy with your staff?

☛ Overall, please tell us what you have found to be the most rewarding aspect of supervising others. What about the most challenging?

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24⟩ Behavioral HR Officer Job Interview Questions

☛ Describe what you would say if asked to talk about yourself in a group of 15 people.

☛ If someone told you that you had made an error, describe how you would react and what you would say in your defense.

☛ If someone asked you for assistance with a matter that is outside the parameters of your job description, what would you do?

☛ You are a committee member and disagree with a point or decision. How will you respond?

☛ Describe what you would classify as a crisis.

☛ You are angry about an unfair decision. How do you react?

☛ Suppose you are in a situation where deadlines and priorities change frequently and rapidly. How would you handle it?

☛ How do you know when you are stressed? What do you do to de-stress?

☛ Tell me about a time when you were a part of a great team. What was your part in making the team effective?

☛ Give me an example of a time when you had to deal with a difficult co-worker. How did you handle the situation?

☛ How do you think your co-workers would respond if you were absent from work?

☛ Can you tell me about a time during your previous employment when you suggested a better way to perform a process?

☛ Tell me about a personal or career goal that you have accomplished and why that was important to you.

☛ Give an example of a time when you were trying to meet a deadline, you were interrupted, and did not make the deadline. How did you respond?

☛ What strengths did you rely on in your last position to make you successful in your work?

☛ What do you do when you know you are right and your boss disagrees with you? Give me an example of when this has happened in your career.

☛ Tell me about a situation you wish that you had handled differently based on the outcome. What was the situation? What would you change (or will you change) when faced with a similar situation?

☛ Suppose your supervisor asked you to get information for them that you know is confidential and he/she should not have access to. What would you do?

☛ Describe a time when you performed a task outside your perceived responsibilities. What was the task? Why did you perceive it to be outside your responsibilities? What was the outcome?

☛ It’s 4:30 on a Friday afternoon. Your supervisor gives you an assignment that needs to be finished by 8:00 Monday morning. You have already made plans to be away the entire weekend. What would you do?

☛ If you observed a co-worker who made inappropriate sexual or racial remarks to another employee, and it was obvious to you that the situation was creating an uncomfortable environment, what would you do.

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25⟩ Professional HR Officer Job Interview Questions

☛ What do you think is the most important factor in managing an office effectively and efficiently? Explain how you have done this in the past.

☛ What is your approach to problem-solving? Give an example of where your approach has been effective.

☛ What experience do you have with interpreting policy and disseminating guidelines and developing procedures for others?

☛ Give examples of when and how you have maintained files and records, both paper and electronic.

☛ Give us an example of your experience with computer and typing proficiency.

☛ Describe any experience you have had with clerical research and the compliment of findings into an organized formant and how you would approach this task in this position?

☛ Describe your knowledge in the area of financial transactions such as order office equipment and supplies and monitoring the office budget.

☛ Describe your experience with composing correspondence on your own initiative or with very little instruction.

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26⟩ Tell us how do you get along with different types of people?

The workplace is loaded with a variety of different people with varying personalities and the interviewer wants to know how you think you will fit in.

When answering interview questions with HR, you want to show your interviewer that it does not matter what kind of people you work with – just that work gets done. This shows the interviewer that you are more concerned with outcomes than personalities.

“I work well with anyone who delivers what they promise.”

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27⟩ Tell us in this line of work, you need to be highly familiar with workplace hiring and termination policies. How have you done this in your previous positions?

Although there isn’t much spare time in the HR industry, I would use any extra time or downtime I had during my workday to really nail down these policies so that I could eventually apply them. I believe that my dedication to understanding these policies proved to be highly beneficial, as I encountered hiring and termination situations that were open for interpretation during the course of my employment in other organizations.

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28⟩ Explain me how do you plan on identifying opportunities for additional training and employee development?

This is one of the biggest obstacles HR departments face today because they are often removed from many activities that occur in the workplace. However, I do not believe this should be used as an excuse to forgo the need for continual training and development. If given this position, I would consistently meet with department heads and supervisors to figure out the needs of their particular departments. Then I would reach out to employees using appropriate methods of communication to identify which areas they feel like they could use more training on.

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31⟩ What are your weaknesses as HR Officer?

Nobody is perfect and everyone can identify areas for improvement. However, when thinking about yours, make sure they are relevant to a professional context. Remember to acknowledge that improving on your ‘weaknesses’ is important to you and, where possible, show how you are working to develop them. For example, you might be someone who is shy, but you purposefully make an effort to talk to people as you recognise this is an issue.

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34⟩ Tell us what are some of the things that bother you?

This is a common question, but don’t dwell on it. The interviewer is looking for a job related answer, more like “what bothers you about your job or the people you work with?” If you dig deep and think of what really bothers you, you’ll find that it’s other people and their ideas, right? But don’t tell the interviewer that, you can be more clever than that.

“It bothers me the most when other people I work with don’t meet their deadlines or deliver what they promise.”

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35⟩ Where do you see yourself in five years as HR Officer?

Your interviewer might want to know how the job you are going for fits in with your long-term plans. It’s okay if you haven’t worked out the next 20 years in your head – very few people have. However, you should have a general idea about what your interests are, what kind of areas you would like to work in and even perhaps where you see yourself in the next few years. Tell the interviewer how the job and their organisation fits in with these ideas – perhaps they offer lots of training and development, which in time will help you progress.

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36⟩ Explain me about a time you had to work under pressure?

Your interviewer is encouraging you to talk about a project or piece of work that you found quite stressful. How did you deal with the pressure? Did you give up and walk away? Or, did you find a solution and get the job done? They want to learn about your resilience when under stress and how you cope when things go wrong.

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38⟩ Explain me what Is The Difference Between Recruitment And Selection?

Selection is selecting a candidate without conducting any technical test. Selection is based only on personal interview.

Recruitment is a process of selecting an employee through a chain of processes (Aptitude Test / Technical Test >> Personal Interview >> Technical Interview >> HR Interview >> Finalizing the Offer).

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40⟩ Explain me do you prefer working with others or alone?

Basically, the interviewer is asking if you are a team player. If your answer is with others, then the interviewer will think you can’t work alone and if you answer alone, then the interviewer may think you have some personality issues working with other people.

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