HR MANAGER INTERVIEW

Q&A
1.) How would your current, and previous
managers describe you?

EXAMPLE ANS: "During my time at Wavewood, my

then manager told me I impressed him with my human
resources operations, especially with my onboard
process, where I studied the specific work history of each
applicant. During the last appraisal meeting, he gave me
an excellent performance rating that led to me winning
the employee of the month award.

While I impressed him with my overall performance and

HR understanding, I think one area where he believed I
might improve upon was my ability to interact and
connect with my colleagues closely. During one of the
project team meetings, he noticed I was not very
collaborative.

Instead, I wanted to take all responsibility on my own. He

felt it could be overwhelming for me if I were to complete
the entire project on my own and told me the importance
of teamwork. Since then, I have improved my leadership
and collaborative skills as part of a team. Improving this
aspect has helped me successfully execute large
projects by supervising other team members."
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2.) What is the difference between a team and a
group, and do you consider yourself a team
player?

EXAMPLE ANS: "I consider myself a team player, and my ability

to work in a team has improved after the execution of over 50
employee development programmes. According to my experience of
working in teams, the primary difference between a group and a team
is how people work together to achieve goals. For example, when
people simply work alongside each other without any collaboration or
exchange of ideas, you can call them a group of people working
together. It is when they start interacting and working with each other
that they become a team."

3.) What are your ideal recruiting strategies?

EXAMPLE ANS: It is important to advertise in the

right channels to hire the best professionals. Apart
from the recruiting agencies that we work with, I
post jobs on career sites, the company website, and
other social media links. Networking sites like
LinkedIn also offer a huge insight into the kind of
candidates and their expertise.

4.) As an HR Manager, how do you handle job

terminations?
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EXAMPLE ANS: Job terminations are always
challenging. I think that it is important to counsel
employees more than the paperwork. It is important to
help them and chalk a path ahead so that they feel valued
rather than just being abandoned.

5.) As an HR manager, what would you do to

drive results for our company?

EXAMPLE ANS: From recruiting the best candidate,

compensating them, evaluating their performance,
offering training and development opportunities to looking
after their personal, social, and emotional well-being, I will
take every step to drive positive motivation and
engagement, which in turn will drive results for the
company.

6.) As an HR manager, what would you do to

drive results for our company?

EXAMPLE ANS: From recruiting the best candidate,

compensating them, evaluating their performance,
offering training and development opportunities to looking
after their personal, social, and emotional well-being, I will
take every step to drive positive motivation and
engagement, which in turn will drive results for the
company.
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7.) What is your approach to recruiting
exceptionally skilled candidates?

EXAMPLE ANS: "While I ensure that I hire people with the

right skills, talent and educational qualifications, there is a specific
strategy that I follow. This strategy is based on the company's
value, mission and goal and helps shortlist relevant candidates
with the right skills and personalities. When developing this
strategy, I also consider the perks and benefits a company offers
to employees to help enhance the overall employee work
experience. When hiring candidates for leadership and
managerial positions, the top skills I look for include confidence,
flexibility and creativity in their work approach.

"While I ensure that I hire people with the right skills, talent and
educational qualifications, there is a specific strategy that I follow.
This strategy is based on the company's value, mission and goal
and helps shortlist relevant candidates with the right skills and
personalities. When developing this strategy, I also consider the
perks and benefits a company offers to employees to help
enhance the overall employee work experience.

When hiring candidates for leadership and managerial positions,

the top skills I look for include confidence, flexibility and creativity
in their work approach. Apart from my personalised hiring
strategy, before hiring for any open position, I first check internally
to see if we can find someone from the team who could be a good
fit for that job role. When I do not find a suitable candidate
internally, I encourage team members to refer their acquaintances
and friends. Finally, the job application is open for the public to
apply through job boards and websites."
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8.) What do you like most about human resources?

EXAMPE ANS: I am a person who loves to interact with

people, and maintaining relationships is my forte. A
career in Human Resources will help me to connect with
people at several levels and help people feel valued and
important.

IMPORTANT QUESTION, IF NOT APPLICALBLE TO YOU, THEN SAY

NO EXPERIENCE FOR COST REDUCTIONS

9.) Do you have any experience with cost reduction efforts,

and how did you achieve the milestones that you set for
your team?

EXAMPLE ANS: As a Human Resources professional, I am

constantly in touch with the compensation and benefits team to
review jobs, salaries, and costs involved. I also liaise closely with
the Finance department to make sure that the budget is not
overshot and try to address aspects where we need to cut costs.

This one cost reduction strategy helped us reduce the

company's overall operating costs and save about
₹50,000 per employee each year. It also helped improve
our employees' productivity since we could invest in
productivity-boosting programmes with the profit earned. I
exceeded the targets we had set for the cost reduction
exercise in this project."
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