Question 21

In what type of interview would the following question MOST likely be asked? "Tell me about a time when your team failed to accomplish a goal. How did you lead your team to achieve the goal in the end?"
  • Question 22

    A rapidly growing technology start-up company with 200 employees forms a new team to handle recruitment for the company that is independent of the HR team. The recruitment team does not have any specific guidelines for hiring. The HR director wants to establish guidelines to prevent the theft of intellectual property and insists that the recruitment team begin conducting background checks to verify applicants' criminal histones. The recruitment director feels that background checks create unnecessary delays and that the multiple interviews used to make selection decisions serve the same purpose as a background check.
    Considering the company's rapid growth and desire to avoid any intellectual property theft, what would have been an effective way to structure the recruiting function to avoid the present difficulties?
  • Question 23

    Which best describes the components of a dual career path?
  • Question 24

    The vice president of human resources meets with the talent manager to discuss the retention challenges. What's the best course of action?
  • Question 25

    The marketing department at a large financial services company chooses five high-performing staff members every year to receive a performance award, which includes a monetary reward and recognition at an end-of-year meeting. Employees are chosen by managers in the marketing department. Each manager nominates two direct reports, and then all managers meet as a group to discuss nominees until a consensus is reached. The names of the winners are given to HR for final approval. The marketing department is preparing to begin this year's nomination process. There have been repeat winners in each of the last three years. A marketing employee files a complaint with the HR director about favoritism in the award process.
    Additionally, the employee points out that newer employees rarely win the award, which lowers their morale.
    New employees tend not to win because they spend a couple of years training and shadowing experienced employees before receiving tasks to perform independently.
    After the nominations are submitted to HR, a product manager asks the HR director not to approve a nominee who recently insulted the manager during an argument. Which action should the HR director take?