This equips you with the essential knowledge for recruitment and interviewing. It provides practical tools and strategies to enhance your capabilities, ensuring a more efficient and effective hiring process.  

This course is part of the Hiring Process series. Related courses include Recognizing and Mitigating Bias In Hiring and Interviewing Skills for Panelists, which can be found in the LMS

Performance Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Apply agency policies and procedures for recruitment and interviewing.
• Create and update position descriptions in collaboration with Human Resources.
• Develop recruitment timelines with clear responsibilities and deadlines.
• Implement inclusive job posting strategies to attract diverse candidates.
• Use performance-based interviewing techniques and the STAR method.
• Create and apply structured interview questions.
• Select qualified candidates from certified lists following proper procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality throughout the recruitment and interviewing process.

Intended Audience: Leaders, managers, supervisors, and employees responsible for hiring.

Instructions to access the eLearning: Register for this course by searching for "WA State Recruitment and Interviewing Preparation" in the Washington State Learning Center.

Contact the DES training team with questions at Traininginfo@des.wa.gov.