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Admin staff: interview questions and tasks
Download these interview questions and record sheet, and use alongside the interview tasks, to help you recruit the best person for an admin position, such as a receptionist, admin assistant or officer, and PA. Plus, understand what good answers look like.
Download our interview questions
Here's a list of questions suitable for any admin post, plus tips for what to look for in answers.
Use this template during interviews to record the responses and score evidence.
KeyDoc: interview record sheet for admin staff
Use these exercises to test different skills
Download the tasks and choose the one that's most appropriate to the role you're hiring for:
- In-tray exercise task
- IT skills task
In the download, you'll find:
- A summary of each task
- What you need to prepare
- The task itself to hand to the candidate
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