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Technical Recruiter Practice Test
20 multiple choice questions for technical recruiters: sourcing, understanding tech roles, screening, fair hiring, candidate experience and offers.
- Questions
- 20
- Time
- 20 min
- Pass mark
- 60%
No account or email needed.
About this test
This test is built around the Technical Recruiter role. It covers how to write a clear job post, find and screen people for technical roles, tell common technologies apart, run a fair process and treat candidates well, including the ones you do not hire.
It is practice only and is not part of any job application.
What it covers
The question set has 24 questions: 8 easy, 16 medium and 0 hard. Each attempt draws 20 of them at random, so a second try is not the same test.
- Candidate experience and offers (9)
- Sourcing and screening (7)
- Understanding technical roles (8)
Try a few sample questions
These are real questions from the set, with the answers and a short explanation. Read the question, decide, then open it to check.
Sample 1 · Understanding technical roles · easyWhat is the difference between Java and JavaScript?Show the answer
- They are the same language
- They are two different languages: Java is used mainly for backend and enterprise software, JavaScript mainly for the web and also on serversCorrect
- JavaScript is a version of Java
- Java only runs in browsers
Confusing them is a common recruiter mistake and puts good candidates off.
Sample 2 · Sourcing and screening · mediumWhat is Boolean search used for in sourcing?Show the answer
- Writing contracts
- Combining words with AND, OR, NOT and quotes to build precise search queriesCorrect
- Scheduling interviews
- Writing emails
For example "react developer" AND (Lahore OR remote) NOT intern.
Sample 3 · Candidate experience and offers · easyWhy reply to every candidate, including those you reject?Show the answer
- It is not needed
- It treats people with respect and protects your employer's reputationCorrect
- It slows hiring down
- It is required by every country
People remember how they were treated and tell others.
How it works
- 20 multiple choice questions, drawn at random from a larger set.
- 20 minutes on the clock. The test submits itself when time runs out.
- Pass mark: 60%.
- No marks are taken off for wrong answers, so answer every question.
- Some questions have more than one correct answer. You must pick all of them to score.
- When you finish you see your score, the correct answers and a short explanation for each.
- Your answers save as you go, so a dropped connection will not lose your work.
- Please stay on the test page. Switching to another tab or window is recorded and you will see a warning.
- Copying text, printing and screenshots are not allowed during the test.
This role is open
This test is built around the Technical Recruiter role on our jobs board. Taking it is not part of the application.
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