US IT Recruiter Interview Questions & Answers

Q.1 How many Starts are in USA flag ?

50 Stars

Q.2 How Many Stares are in USA?

51 or 52 including USA Capital.

Q.3 What is US Staffing?

US Staffing is a US Based Recruitment or talent acquisition or Staffing OR Placement Company. Many Clients are
associated with US Staffing Companies.
Clients share open Recruitment or job positions with US Staffing Companies and US Staffing companies work on this
jobs or requirement’s and try to find most suitable candidates for clients open job positions.

Q.4 What is US IT Recruitment?

Work on clients open job positions and submit most suitable candidates to the clients.

Q.5 What is Recruitment?

Recruitment is the process of identifying, attracting, sourcing, screening, shortlisting, interviewing and hiring most
suitable candidate for available job, is known as Recruitment.

Q.6 What is end to end recruitment?

End to end recruitment starts at beginning phage of recruitment and end at hiring of most suitable candidate.
End to end process
A) Understand JD
B) Make Boolean search string
C) Search candidates resume via job sites
D) Sourcing candidate resume
E) Screen candidate resume
F) Shortlisting candidate resume
G) Interviewing candidate resume
H) Hiring candidate
I) Onboarding and documentation
J) Induction

Q.7 What is sourcing?

Search suitable candidate as per JD from Job sites or job portals.

Q.8 What is screening?

Matching candidate resume with JD, is known as Screening of resume.

Q.9 What is shortlisting?

Shortlisting is the process where we shortlist matching candidate resume as per JD for next hiring process.

Q.10 What is interview?

Interview is the process there hiring manager interviews candidate and check candidate is qualified or not for
available job.
Q.11 What is Selection or Hiring?
Hiring is the process there hiring manager select candidate for any specific job at organization.

Q.12 US IT Recruiter Job Responsibilities?

US IT Recruiter job duties?-
A) Understand JD properly
B) Make Boolean search string
C) Search candidate resume with the help of different different US Job portals.
D) Source candidate resume.
E) Screen candidate resume.
F) Send First contact email or JD to the candidate.
G) Call candidate.
H) Explain job to the candidate.
I) Negotiate salary part with candidate.
J) Ask for updated resume copy from candidate.
K) Send RTR email to the candidate.
L) As candidate confirm RTR email then send candidate resume to the Team lead or account manager.
M) As team lead or account manager approve candidate resume, then format candidate resume and send
submission email to team lead or account manager.
N) As client shortlist or ask for interview for candidate.
O) Call candidate and schedule interview.
P) Schedule prep call.
Q) Give Reminder to the candidate for interview.
R) If client offers job to the candidate then call candidate and confirms offer acceptance email.
S) Assist in onboarding and documentation part.

Q.13 who is Bench Sales Recruiter?

Bench Sales recruiter or bench marketer is a sales or recruiting Person at staffing company that is responsible for
marketing of candidate resumes who are not working on projects. They find requirements, submit their candidates
and place them on projects with clients or staffing agencies.

Q.14 US IT Recruiter:
US IT Recruiter are those HR Professional who work on client open job positions and attract most suitable candidate
for client open job positions and try to submit best available candidates to clients vacant or open job positions.

Q.15 What is Managed Service Provider?

A MSP is an outsourced provider that managed either all or part of the temporary worker recruitment for an
organization.
They will be responsible for full end to end management of the contingent workforce from supplier engagement to
strategic planning and off boarding.

Q.16 What is VMS (Vendor Management System)?

A VMS is a web based software application that allows you to manage your company’s entire contingent workforce
hiring process.

Q.17 Names of VMS?

• FieldGlass
• IQnavigator
• Wand
• Beeline
Q.18 What is Tier1 Clients or Vendors?
Tier 1 clients is one who submits resumes to the end client.

Q.19 What is Tier 2 Clients or Vendors?

Tier 2 client is one who submits resumes to tier1 clients.

Q.20 What is W2?

W2 is a Contact between employee and employer and Employer deduct employee taxes and deposit to US
GOVERNMENT. W2 may be fulltime and also contract. In W2 salary is given hourly basis and also monthly basis.
In W2 requirements, we mostly work with US and GC.

Q.23 What is C2C?

There is contract between two cooperation, known as C2C. In this concept two cooperation or us staffing companies
involves
a) Cooperation’s 1
b) Cooperation 2

Cooperation’s 1:
In this cooperation, employee work under this cooperation. This type of cooperation known as employer of
employee and this employer deduct employee taxes and deposit to government.

Cooperation’s 2:
This cooperation do not deduct employee taxes.

Q.24 What is 1099?

In this concept, Employee deposit own taxes to US Government.

Q.25 What is H1B Visa?

• H1B Visa provide those skilled Professional who want to work in United State in H1B Status.
• This is work visa and also known as Non Immigrant Visa.
• Validity: 3 years extend up to 6 years.

Q.26 What is H4B Visa?

• This is dependent visa of H1B visa holder.
• This is also non - immigrant visa.
• This visa is given to spouse of H1B visa holder and unmarried children of h1b visa holder under 21 years of age.
• Validity depends on H1B Visa holder.

Q.27 What is F1 Visa?

• The F-1 student visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows international students to enter the US and study at
institutions
• Known as student visa.
• Validity: up to 5 years.

Q.28 What is Curricular Practical Training (CPT)?

• Curricular Practical Training gives international students authorization to gain employment training and to do
paid internships.
• Candidate work on Part time basis 20 hours per week.
• Validity of CPT Visa is 12 months.
• If candidate work on full time basis will not be eligible for OPT Visa.

Q.29 What is Optional Practical Training (OPT)?

• Optional Practical Training (OPT) is temporary employment that is directly related to an F-1 student's major area
of study.
• Validity is 12 months.
• A one-time extension of 24 months (for a total of 36 months) is available to certain STEM degree recipients.
• To be eligible for the 12-month permit, any degree in any field of studies is valid. For the 17-month OPT
extension, a student must have received a science.

Q.30 What is E3 Visa?

• E3 is united state visa.
• Citizens of Australia is eligible for E3 visa.
• It is similar to H1B Visa.
• Spouse of E3 Visa holder may work in United States without any restriction.
• E3 Visa validity is 24 Months.

Q.31 What is L1 Visa?

• Known as Intra Company Visa.
• Also this is visa document.
• An L-1 visa is a visa document used to enter the United States for the purpose of work in L-1 status.
• The L-1A visa is for intracompany transferees who work in managerial or executive positions in a company that is
located outside.
• This is non immigrant visa.
• L1 visa validity is 3 months to 5 years minimum.
• Maximum validity is up to 7 years.

Q.32 What is L2 Visa?

• An L-2 visa is a visa document used to enter the United States by the dependent spouse and unmarried children
under 21 years of age of qualified L-1 visa holders.
• This is also dependent visa.
• It is a non-immigrant visa, and is only valid for the duration of the spouse's L-1 visa.

Q.33 What is B1 Visa?

• The B-1 visa is a temporary, non-immigrant visa that allows the holder to travel to the United States for business
purposes.
• This is business visa.
• Validity is maximum 10 years.

Q.34 What is B2 Visa?

• The B-2 visa is a temporary, non-immigrant visa that allows the holder to travel to the United States for tourism
purposes only.
• This is Tourist visa.
• Validity is maximum 10 years.

Q.35 What is TN Visa?

• TN Visa (Treaty NAFTA/ Trade NAFTA) is non immigrant visa and given to Canadian citizen and Mexican citizens.
• Validity is 12 months.
• Mexican and Canadian citizens can stay in the U.S. in TN status for periods up to three years.
Q.36 What is TN1?
Given to Canadian citizens.

Q.37 What is TN2?

Given to Mexican citizens.

Q.38 What is J1 Visa?

• Exchange visitor (J) visas are nonimmigrant visas for individuals approved to participate in exchange visitor
programs in the United States.
• This is Exchange visitor Visa.
• The amount of time that you can stay in the U.S. under your J-1 visa is dependent on your specific program,
though the maximum is usually seven years except under certain circumstances.

Q.39 What is Asylum Visa?

• Asylum is a form of protection which allows an individual to remain in the United States instead of being
removed (deported) to a country where he or she fears persecution or harm.
• Under U.S. law, people who flee their countries because they fear persecution can apply for asylum.
• The length of the asylum process varies, but it typically takes between 6 months and several years. The length of
asylum process may vary depending on whether the asylum seeker filed affirmatively or defensively and on the
particular facts of his or her asylum claim.

Q.40 What is Employment authorization document (EAD)?

A Form I-765 employment authorization document or EAD card, known popularly as a work permit, is a document
issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services that provides temporary employment authorization
to noncitizens in the United States.

Q.41 What is Green Card?

• A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity document which shows that a person
has permanent residency in the United States. Green card holders are formally known as lawful permanent
residents.
• Although some Permanent Resident Cards, commonly known as Green Cards, contain no expiration date, most
are valid for 10 years. If you have been granted conditional permanent resident status, the card is valid for 2
years.

Q.42 Who is US Citizens?

• Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, and benefits in
the United States.
• All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United States and of the State wherein they reside.