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HR generalist

Covers performance and conduct processes, complaints, redundancy, flexible working requests, confidentiality and fairness in pay and hiring. Suits mid-level and senior HR advisers. Follow-ups push for the fair process behind the advice and how the candidate handles pressure from managers.

Suits: HR generalist, HR advisor, HR officer, People partner, HR business partner

Questions
7 of 17
Length
35 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Mid to Senior
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Fair and lawful practice30%
    • Employee relations25%
    • Advising managers25%
    • Confidentiality and judgement20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

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What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Fair and lawful practice30%
    Insists on fair process and job-related, lawful decisions.
  • Employee relations25%
    Handles complaints, conduct and conflict impartially.
  • Advising managers25%
    Gives practical advice that leaves managers able to act.
  • Confidentiality and judgement20%
    Protects personal information and knows when to act.
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