Talent Manager Interview Questions
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Talent Manager interview questions shared by candidates
1. You were driving a truck, your combined weight(yourself & the truck) is 1 ton & you have a bridge to cross which can sustain max 1 ton weight. When you reach the middle of the bridge, a bird weighing 500 gms sits on the bonnet of the truck. However you cross the bridge safely without it crashing. When the max weight the bridge could take is 1 ton, then why didnt the bridge crash?
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by the time the truck reached the center of the bridge, it had burned away enough of its fuel to compensate for the weight of the bird i.e. the truck had burned away more than or equal to 500gms of fuel. Less
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The weight of the bird nullifies the normal reaction occured by the weight of the truck and driver. So the bridge didn't break Less
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What kind of questions do they ask in the 3rd round of the interview?
Just how old are you, anyway?
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Isn't this question illegal?
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I am 50 years old. As you see, I have experiences in all the areas you are looking for. In addition, my experience has enabled me to look for and see the context and big picture on projects and HR issues which is essential to success in this field. Less
Tell me something about yourself that is not on the resume
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Compensation expectation
Describe a situation where you influenced/facilitated a change
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Talked about my past experience with former 2 employers and explained thoroughly actions that I took at those times in handling similar situations Less
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Internal Job Posting & growth opportunities for our employees was introduced in Jan 2017. It grew from 3% to 28% in a 12 month period. Winning the hearts of our employees and convincing the overall business growth to our management was my biggest achievement in 2018 that would contribute to facilitating change. Less
Tell us what will you bring to the team when you join us?
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Diversity is kind of a buzzword that large companies like due to fear of backlash. YAGER just isn't really there yet for diversity to be something they need to have publicly recognized. Also, to be fair, being ethnically diverse is just kind of an inherent thing of being born.. not exactly something you bring to a team in terms of skill, work ethic, etc. Less
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Diversity, that was my answer
My most difficult question/objection to overcome was my lack of experience in the area of AdTech.
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In my career, I have consistently jumped into areas of the market that I had zero experience with, and was able to ramp quickly and become a leader within my teams. I was able to show my track record over past roles to overcome this objection. Less