Recruitment Methods Quiz

What is internal recruitment?

• Hiring candidates from outside the company

• Hiring candidates from within the company

• Recruiting candidates from other companies

• Posting job ads on social media

What is external recruitment?

• Promoting employees who already work at the company

• Hiring candidates from outside the company

• Hiring only family members of employees

• Re-hiring retired employees

Which of the following is an example of internal recruitment?

• Promoting an assistant to a manager

• Posting a job ad online

• Hiring through a recruitment agency

• Interviewing external candidates

Which method is commonly used in external recruitment?

• Sending an email to existing employees

• Posting a job ad on a job website

• Asking employees for referrals

• Selecting employees for training

Why might a company choose internal recruitment?

• It brings in fresh perspectives from outside

• It’s often faster and less expensive

• It allows for a larger pool of candidates

• It avoids promoting employees

What is one benefit of external recruitment?

• Employees are already familiar with the company

• It encourages employees to learn new skills

• It brings in new ideas and skills from outside

• It reduces training costs

Which of these is a disadvantage of internal recruitment?

• Employees may not know the company’s culture

• It limits new ideas by hiring only from within

• It’s very costly and time-consuming

• There are too many candidates to choose from

Which recruitment method is most likely to increase employee morale?

• External recruitment

• Internal recruitment

• Temporary hiring

• Freelance recruitment

When a company wants to attract a large number of candidates, which recruitment method might it use?

• Internal recruitment

• External recruitment

• Employee promotion

• Job rotation

Which of the following is a common internal recruitment method?

• Using social media to find candidates

• Asking employees for referrals

• Posting the job in a public job portal

• Hiring through a recruitment agency