HR interview questions are competency-based and the duties involve:
- Creating, updating, and maintaining employment contracts;
- Creating job adverts and job descriptions for internal roles;
- Shortlisting candidates for internal roles within the organization, creating interview questions and scoring sheets to be used during interviews;
- Conducting interviews with job applicants alongside senior managers and company directors;
- Ensuring employment law is adhered to and followed by all staff managing people;
- Conducting training for internal staff on GDPR best practices and also keeping all staff updated on changes to employment.
Q1. Why do you want to work for our organization as a Human Resources Assistant and what is the role of the HR department?
Q2. Name the most important skills an HR Assistant should have?
Q3. What qualities & attributes do you have relevant to the HR Assistant role?
Q4. As an HR Assistant, you will need to resolve disputes regularly. When have you resolved a dispute at work?
Q5. Describe a time when you completed a difficult, time-sensitive task whilst under pressure?
Q6. Describe a stressful situation at work and how you handled it?
Q7. Describe a time when you maintained confidentiality at work?
Q8. Describe a time when you managed multiple tasks all at once?
Q9. Describe a time when you resolved a difficult problem at work?
Q10. What was the last piece of professional development you undertook?
Q11. Where do you see yourself in 5 years' time?
Q12. When have you worked as part of a team to complete a difficult task?
