☛ Describe your preferred mix of candidate sourcing methods. What has worked well for you? What do you no longer do?

☛ What was difficult about sourcing in companies you’ve previously worked for?

☛ List and describe your favorite tools for tracking and following up with candidates.

☛ Which jobs do you think are the hardest to fill and why? Steer clear of obvious answers, e.g. “developers.”

☛ How do you approach interviews? What is your game plan? What are you trying to find out?

☛ Talk about a hiring process from a previous company. What worked well? What didn’t work well? What would you change?

☛ Describe your experience with referral programs. How did rewards, technology, and engagement contribute to the overall performance of the program? Is there anything that you would change?

☛ Here’s our current time to hire, cost per hire, and success rate. What could we do to improve these? Where would you start?

☛ Describe the common challenges of working with hiring managers.

☛ What if you were asked to double the volume of your hires next year? What would you change about your process? How would you maintain the quality of your hiring?