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Best Ways To Assess a Product Manager’s Skills When Hiring

Vervoe

To get a solid understanding of a candidate’s product management skills, recruiters can use a combination of skill assessments, case studies, and interviews. Before you assess product management skills, you need a list of the capabilities that would make someone successful in this role. How do you assess candidates for soft skills?

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8 Key Interview Questions to Ask in the Age of COVID

Glassdoor for Employers

If the work requires travel: How do you feel about air travel and local travel in your area now? What it uncovers: Don't rely on assumptions about what kind of travel will or will not be expected pre-vaccine. Talk specifically about what it would take for your candidate to feel comfortable traveling again in the future.

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5 Creative Ways to Assess Your Prospective Hires

HireRabbit

Ideally, the interview is a way for you to assess how he would fit in your company culture, and how he would handle potential setbacks or achievements. The hypothetical CEO question – “what would you do differently if you ran the company?” – is a good way to assess your candidate’s vision and potential leadership skills. Get creative.

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From Tech to Travel: How Expedia Uses Passion to Attract Tech Talent

HackerRank

Expedia is a big player in the online travel industry with over 20 sites under their brand like Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, and Travelocity. I was just teaching about the culture of Expedia, the type of projects that we work on and really trying to push our brand out there not as just a travel company or a technology travel space.

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5 Candidate Experience Boosting Technologies Here to Stay

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Digital interviewing platforms allow your hiring team to interview candidates in different cities or countries without having to spend money on travel expenses. . Digital interviewing platforms. If you’re thinking to yourself, “wait, isn’t that something I can do with Skype?,”

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Video Interviews for Making Personal Connections with Candidates

Spark Hire

The traditional hiring method of conducting phone interviews doesn’t give hiring professionals or recruiters the ability to assess a candidate’s facial expressions, gestures and posture which are almost more important than the words being said, according to a 2013 Forbes article.

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The 4-Step Guide to Hiring an Assistant

Vervoe

From small start-ups to global corporations, assistants can help streamline daily processes, simplify administrative tasks, manage communication and travel, and help deliver crucial strategic material for businesses of all sizes. budget and contract details) and how to adequately screen and assess their capabilities. The downfall?

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