Recruitment and Selection

Running head: Recruitment and Selection
Recruitment and Selection
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
The Concept of Job interview......................................................................................................4
Question1:....................................................................................................................................5
Question2:....................................................................................................................................6
Question3:....................................................................................................................................6
Question4:....................................................................................................................................7
Question5:....................................................................................................................................7
Question6:....................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
Reference.......................................................................................................................................11
Appendix........................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
The current assignment focuses is based upon the concept of recruitment and selection in
organization. The primary focus of the paper is based upon the importance of interview and how
effective interviews are assessed in the organization. It is important to determine a candidate’s
motivation, personality and characteristics in order to know the candidate’s ability for the job
role in the organization. The interview questions are designed in order to help the interviewer to
define the potentiality of the candidate. The current assignment highlights the job description of
HR assistant, according to the description and HR roles certain interview question are focused.
The questions are critical analyzed providing theoretical concept and reference to support the
following. At last a brief conclusion is drawn on the following study that how the interview
question are designed and delivered effectively in order to recruit potential candidates.

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Discussion
The job description chosen for the assignment is HR assistant (Appendix figure 1,2 and
3). The role of Human Resource assistant is to assist the HR team in strategic management issues
in accordance to the company objectives and effectively delivering with other team members and
seniors colleagues in a professional manner (Wethington and McDarby, 2015). The
responsibilities include supporting the human resource department through effective recruitment
and selection of candidates such as administering employee benefit programs, preparing payroll,
orienting the new potential employees and most importantly managing the HRIS system and
reports.
The Concept of Job interview
The job interview is an approach which incorporates conversation between the
interviewer and the interviewee. The interviewer can be a representative of an employer. The job
interview is a crucial part of the selection process which aids in hiring the potential candidate.
The recruitment and selection process is assessed in order to hire the right person at right job at
right time and right cost (Lees 2012). The type of interview vary from organization to
organization and from job profile as well. The job interview demands consequential resources
from the interviewer, and it allows the candidate to incorporate corporate culture and further
demand of the job (Page and Murphy, 2019). There are specialized formats which determine the
type of question which include case interview, panel interview, group interview, stress interview
and technical interview. The job questions also has its own counterpart that is on the way a
question must be asked and what are the question which are relevant to be asked to the
interviewee ((Page and Murphy, 2019). The question which are related to age, race, ethnicity,
color, gender, religion, disability and marital status. Therefore, the interviewer needs to have