Recruiter Screening
Software Engineers
BY SANJAY SAMUEL
 Technical Recruiter Screening helps to pinpoint the candidate to whom we need to spend more
time in interviewing for Managerial and Technical Skills.
Technical Recruiter Screening
Steps For Screening Software Engineers
 Prepare Screening Questions
 Talk to the candidates
 Check Coding Ability
 Set Expectations
 Presence in Online Communities
 Candidate Aspirations
 Communication
Prepare Screening Questions
 A technical recruiter must understand what they need?
 Prepare a Questionnaire on the basis of what exactly that Hiring manager is looking in
candidates.
Talk to the candidates
 Check with the candidates whether they have really worked on the skills that they had
mentioned on the resume.
 Use Questionnaire to know in detail about the candidate’s current role and responsibilities.
Check Coding Ability
 Ask candidates whether they are hands-on coding and CS fundamentals? If yes, share a coding
challenge test to the candidate to check his coding ability.
Set Expectations
 Technical Recruiter must Set Expectations about the interview process, Role, Responsibilities,
Growth and Culture of the organization.
Presence in Online Communities
 Check with the candidate whether he is active in Technical Online Communities like Github,
Quora, Stackoverflow etc.
Candidate Aspirations
 Check for Candidate aspirations whether he wants to be individual contributor or wants to be a
Manager.
Communication
 Ask the candidate to talk about his key contributions to the current project that he is working
on. Observe how would candidate articulate and explain his project.
Thank you

Technical Recruiter screening Guide

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     Technical RecruiterScreening helps to pinpoint the candidate to whom we need to spend more time in interviewing for Managerial and Technical Skills. Technical Recruiter Screening
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    Steps For ScreeningSoftware Engineers  Prepare Screening Questions  Talk to the candidates  Check Coding Ability  Set Expectations  Presence in Online Communities  Candidate Aspirations  Communication
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    Prepare Screening Questions A technical recruiter must understand what they need?  Prepare a Questionnaire on the basis of what exactly that Hiring manager is looking in candidates.
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    Talk to thecandidates  Check with the candidates whether they have really worked on the skills that they had mentioned on the resume.  Use Questionnaire to know in detail about the candidate’s current role and responsibilities.
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    Check Coding Ability Ask candidates whether they are hands-on coding and CS fundamentals? If yes, share a coding challenge test to the candidate to check his coding ability.
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    Set Expectations  TechnicalRecruiter must Set Expectations about the interview process, Role, Responsibilities, Growth and Culture of the organization.
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    Presence in OnlineCommunities  Check with the candidate whether he is active in Technical Online Communities like Github, Quora, Stackoverflow etc.
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    Candidate Aspirations  Checkfor Candidate aspirations whether he wants to be individual contributor or wants to be a Manager.
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    Communication  Ask thecandidate to talk about his key contributions to the current project that he is working on. Observe how would candidate articulate and explain his project.
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