HR Assignment

  • Imagine you work in the HR department of an international company (construction company involves in building infrastructures such as roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, and other projects)
  • This company is in the process of recruiting two employees
  • Headquarter is located in Miami
  • The job: a project manager position
  • The job may need relocation
  • The assignment has two parts
  • The first part (5 points):
  • You are tasked with conducting a job interview, so design a structured interview.
  • Include your job-related and position-related questions that you want to ask in the interview. (at least 15 questions)
  • Besides the job-related questions, do a personality test to find which one is best!
  • You can use the big five and the other personality traits
  • Include your personality test question in your interview (at least 5 questions)
  • Thus, your interview should consist of at least 20 questions.
  • Preparing the interview questions is the first part of this assignment
  • The second part (5 points):
  • Imagine you have five candidates as follows:
  • A disabled man:  needs a special elevator, difficulty with relocation, somehow experienced, holding a Masters degree
  • A Veteran, he was an assistant in some projects, very punctual, knows rules
  • A fresh graduate, she is young, energetic, no significant experience
  • An experienced lady with three kids, no academic background, not able to work on Sundays (religious reasons)
  • A middle-aged man, not good background check (e.g., involving in a robbery) but very experienced and skillful
  • Which two candidates will you pick and why? Explain your reasons.