The document outlines various HR activities conducted in 2013, including a needs assessment, survey data collection through questionnaires and interviews, and filling existing team extensions or vacant positions based on criteria and an HR plan. It also provides examples of interview questions asked by various companies and lists criteria used for overall evaluation, selection, and reference checks. Key HR activities discussed are job analysis, human resource planning, recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, training and development, and career planning. Employee motivation is also mentioned as important.

4. 2013 Trends

9. Survey
Data Collection
Questionnaire
Interviews
Analysis
Need Assessment

10. Extension
of
existing
team
Fill a
vacant
position
Based on
Task
Criteria
Need for
game
changers
Based on
HR plan

20. Rehearsal exercise
15 minutes

27. Company
Position
Question
Goldman Sacks
Analyst
“If you were shrunk to the
size of a pencil and put in a
blender, how would you get
out?”
Boston Consulting
Consultant
position
“Explain [to] me what has
happened in this country
during the last 10 years.”
Google
Analyst
“How many basketball[s]
can you fit in this room[?]”
Facebook
Software
Engineer
“Given the numbers 1 to
1000, what is the minimum
numbers guesses needed
to find a specific number if
you are given the hint
"higher" or "lower" for
each guess you make.”
Epic System
Project
Manager
“An apple costs 20 cents,
an orange costs 40 cents,
and a grapefruit costs 60
cents, how much is a pear?”
New York Life
Sales Agent
“Why do you think only a
small percentage of the
population makes over
$150K?”

31. Criteria
Overall
Evaluation
Interview
Answers
Selection
Ref. Check
Feedback
Tests
Results
Committee
Votes

34. HR Activities
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Job analysis defines a job in terms of specific tasks and
responsibilities and identifies the abilities, skills and qualifications
needed to perform it successfully.
Human resource planning or employment planning is the
process by which an organisation attempts to ensure that it has
the right number of qualified people in the right jobs at the right
time.
Employee recruitment is the process of seeking and attracting a
pool of applicants from which qualified candidates for job
vacancies within an organisation can be selected.
Employee selection involves choosing from the available
candidates the individual predicted to be most likely to perform
successfully in the job.

35. 
Performance appraisal is concerned with determining how well
employees are doing their jobs, communicating that information to the
employees and establishing a plan for performance improvement.
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Training and development activities help employees learn how to
perform their jobs, improve their performance and prepare themselves
for more senior positions.

Career planning and development activities benefit both employees
(by identifying employee career goals, possible future job opportunities
and personal improvement requirements) and the organisation (by
ensuring that qualified employees are available when needed).
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Employee motivation is vital to the success of any organisation. Highly
motivated employees tend to be more productive and have lower rates
of absenteeism and turnover.