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BehaviouralEntry levelSEO Specialist
How do you keep up with changes to how search engines rank pages, and what is something you learned recently?
Tests: Curiosity & experimentation
BehaviouralMid levelSEO Specialist
Tell me about a time you had to prove the value of your search work to someone who only cared about revenue.
Tests: Analytics & reporting
BehaviouralMid levelSEO Specialist
Tell me about a time you needed developers to prioritise a fix for search. How did you get it done?
Tests: Cross-team communication
BehaviouralAny levelSEO Specialist
Describe a search test you ran where the result surprised you. What did you do next?
Tests: Curiosity & experimentation
BehaviouralEntry levelSocial Media Manager
Tell me about a social media post or campaign from any brand that you admired recently, and why it worked.
Tests: Creativity & trend awareness
BehaviouralMid levelSocial Media Manager
Tell me about a time a colleague or stakeholder wanted to post something you thought would land badly. How did you handle it?
Tests: Collaboration & stakeholder communication
BehaviouralAny levelSocial Media Manager
How do you jump on a trend quickly while making sure it still fits the brand voice?
Tests: Creativity & trend awareness
BehaviouralEntry levelRecruiter
How would you tell a candidate who interviewed well that they did not get the job?
Tests: Communication & relationship building
BehaviouralEntry levelRecruiter
Imagine you are juggling fifteen open roles and a hiring manager calls about an urgent new one. How do you organise your day?
Tests: Resilience & organisation
BehaviouralMid levelRecruiter
Tell me about a time a hiring manager's expectations for a role were unrealistic. How did you reset them?
Tests: Hiring manager partnership
BehaviouralMid levelRecruiter
Which recruiting metrics do you track? Tell me about a time the numbers changed how you worked.
Tests: Recruiting data & tools
BehaviouralEntry levelHR Generalist
A coworker asks you, as someone in HR, why a colleague was let go. How do you respond?
Tests: Discretion & confidentiality
BehaviouralEntry levelHR Generalist
An employee comes to you upset, saying their manager talks down to them in meetings. What do you do in that first conversation?
Tests: Empathy & communication
BehaviouralMid levelHR Generalist
Tell me about a time you coached a manager through handling an underperforming employee.
Tests: Performance management support
BehaviouralMid levelHR Generalist
Tell me about a time you found errors in employee data or payroll. How did you find them and fix the root cause?
Tests: HR operations & HRIS
BehaviouralEntry levelOperations Manager
Two team members are arguing about who should cover an extra shift. How would you settle it fairly?
Tests: People leadership
BehaviouralMid levelOperations Manager
Tell me about a time a key supplier let you down. How did you handle it and what changed afterwards?
Tests: Vendor & supplier management
BehaviouralMid levelOperations Manager
Tell me about a time something broke down in the middle of a busy day. How did you keep things running?
Tests: Problem solving under pressure
BehaviouralSeniorOperations Manager
Tell me about a time you developed a supervisor or team lead into a stronger manager.
Tests: People leadership
BehaviouralAny levelOperations Manager
Tell me about a time the data showed a problem your team did not believe. How did you get them on board?
Tests: KPI & performance management