Coursera - HRCI Assessment Study Guide

Which of the following refers to behavioral interviews?

Ask about past behavior to determine future behavior

Which of the following is an interview best practice?

Ask the same/similar questions to candidates

What recruitment strategy hides personal information and characteristics that are unrelated to the qualification and experiences needed in the role?

Blind Resume

Fill in the blank: _____ focus attention on an applicant's qualifications and skills, regardless of their demographic background.

Blind Resumes

Which of the following sourcing strategies refers to a list of potential talent with skills, backgrounds, and experiences that often match particular roles in an organization?

Candidate Pipeline

What type of background check would an organization use to determine if an application is suitable to work with children or be a security guard?

Criminal Record Check

A manager at your organization sent in a request to fill a position. What do you produce to begin the hiring process?

Employee Requisition

What type of recruitment strategy promotes diversity and inclusion using existing workers' assistance with talent acquisition, engagement, and professional networking?

Employee Resource Groups

An organization uses its website and workplace culture to attract suitable candidates. What talent-sourcing strategy did they use?

Employer Branding

You need to hire a new employee that does not currently work at your organization. What type of recruitment should you use?

External Recruitment

An HR manager conducts a test that determines a candidate's ability to create spreadsheets. This will be part of their role if they are hired. What type of test did they use?

Hands-on Testing

You need to create a new position in your organization, but you want to hire an existing employee that has the skills to fit the role. What type of recruitment should you use?

Internal Recruitment

What is a written document that describes an employee's work tasks and responsibilities?

Job Description

Fill in the blank: A _____ includes the role's required educational background and experience; any training relevant to the job; and the skills, knowledge, and characteristics an applicant would need to be successful in the role.

Job Specification

What describes the qualifications an employee needs in order to perform a specific job.

Job Specification

How can an organization create job descriptions that are inclusive and unbiased?

Offering jobs that are more flexible, accessible, and adjustable to individual needs

Your organization needs to hire five new employees that all have similar personality traits, including good communication skills and the ability to adapt easily to situations. You use an outside organization to create a personality evaluation to reveal whether a candidate is likely to succeed in your organization. What recruitment strategy is this?

Pre-Employment Assessments

What recruitment strategy uses assessments to discover if a candidate's character traits align with a specific role?

Pre-employment Assessments

Which of the following is NOT a pre-employment test organizations use to evaluate potential employees?

Relationship Test

In what process do you choose the most qualified person from a pool of candidates?

Selection

You are on the hiring team to hire a new employee for a customer service position at Urban Attire. After a discussion, your group has chosen a qualified person from a pool of candidates. What part of the hiring process is this?

Selection

A hiring manager interviews a candidate for a role that will regularly encounter tense and difficult situations while on the job. What type of interview would they conduct?

Stress Interview

A manager at your organization sent in a request to fill a position. What do you produce to begin the hiring process?

Tracking Applicant Form

True or False: The last step in the talent acquisition life cycle involves using tests to evaluate prospective employees.

True

What refers to the stereotypes people unconsciously form about specific groups based on past experiences and social conditioning?

Unconscious Bias

What type of interview uses open-ended questions to allow employees to provide in-depth responses?

Unstructured Interview