Screening Interview Templates

Pre-built screening questions for common roles. Use a template to get started in seconds, then customize to fit your needs.

Software Engineer

Screen for technical depth, problem-solving ability, and collaboration skills.

Product Manager

Evaluate strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and data-driven decision-making.

Account Executive

Screen for sales methodology, quota attainment, and closing ability.

Customer Success Manager

Assess relationship management, retention strategy, and problem-solving skills.

Data Analyst

Screen for analytical skills, SQL proficiency, and ability to communicate insights.

Marketing Manager

Evaluate campaign strategy, growth metrics, and cross-channel expertise.

UX Designer

Screen for design process, user research experience, and cross-functional collaboration.

DevOps Engineer

Assess infrastructure experience, CI/CD knowledge, and incident response skills.

Recruiter

Evaluate sourcing strategies, candidate engagement, and hiring metrics.

Executive Assistant

Screen for organizational skills, discretion, and high-stakes communication ability.

Product Manager (Advanced Screening)

Deep-dive screening for product managers covering roadmap planning, metrics, user research, and cross-functional leadership.

Data Scientist

Screen for statistical rigor, machine learning experience, and ability to translate models into business impact.

Sales Representative

Screen for prospecting skills, objection handling, product knowledge ability, and quota-driven performance.

Customer Success Manager (Advanced Screening)

Deep-dive screening for CSMs covering portfolio management, expansion revenue, health scoring, and executive relationship building.

DevOps Engineer (Advanced Screening)

Advanced screening for DevOps engineers covering cloud architecture, site reliability, security practices, and platform engineering.

How to Screen Warehouse Associates: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen for logistics experience, physical stamina, productivity under a quota, equipment and forklift certification, safety judgment, and attendance reliability.

How to Screen Administrative Assistants: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen for real software proficiency, prioritization under competing demands, calendar and logistics experience, discretion, accuracy, and placement logistics.

Customer Service Representative

Screen for high-volume support experience, conflict de-escalation, channel and CRM comfort, performance under metrics, schedule flexibility, and attendance reliability.

How to Screen Registered Nurses (RNs): 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen RNs for active licensure and compact status, setting and acuity fit, current BLS and ACLS, deterioration and escalation judgment, delegation to LPNs and aides, charting, and shift availability before you spend time on a call.

Skilled Trades (Electrician / HVAC / Plumber)

Screen electricians, HVAC techs, and plumbers for active licenses, safety record, job-site reliability, and project scope.

Forklift Operator / Manufacturing

Screen forklift operators and production workers for certification, equipment experience, safety judgment, reliability, and shift availability before you spend time on a call.

How to Screen IT Help Desk Technicians: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen for real troubleshooting method, ticketing and queue discipline, verifiable technical depth, plain-English communication, security habits, and coverage availability.

General Staffing Intake

Screen any candidate for work authorization, availability and start date, pay expectations, location and commute, work history, and the background or schedule blockers that quietly kill a placement.

How to Screen CDL Truck Drivers: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen CDL drivers for license class and endorsements, MVR and accident history, DOT medical and Clearinghouse status, equipment and route fit, and the home time and start date that decide whether the hire sticks.

How to Screen Caregivers and Home Health Aides: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen caregivers and home health aides for hands-on personal-care comfort, dementia-care skill, current credentials, attendance and shift fit, safe-transfer ability, and emergency judgment.

Medical Assistant

Screen medical assistants for certification, clinical skills, EHR fluency, compliance, and schedule fit before you spend time on a call.

Housekeeper / Room Attendant

Screen housekeepers and room attendants for cleaning experience, rooms-per-shift pace, physical stamina, attention to detail, integrity around guest belongings, and weekend availability.

Line Cook

Screen line cooks for station and volume experience, speed under the rush, food-safety knowledge, consistency to spec, teamwork on the line, and nights-and-weekends availability.

Diesel Mechanic / Fleet Technician

Screen diesel mechanics for engine-brand experience, diagnostic and aftertreatment skill, ASE and inspection credentials, shift coverage, and reliability.

Phlebotomist

Screen phlebotomists for venipuncture skill, certification, specimen-handling accuracy, patient composure, and shift availability before you spend time on a call.

Dental Hygienist

Screen dental hygienists for RDH licensure, scaling and periodontal skill, imaging and software familiarity, chairside manner, and schedule fit before you spend time on a call.

Restaurant Server / Waitstaff

Screen restaurant servers for section and volume experience, POS and service flow, guest recovery, menu and allergen knowledge, alcohol-service certification, and schedule fit before you spend time on a call.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN / LVN)

Screen LPNs and LVNs for setting and acuity experience, active licensure and scope, med-pass and clinical skills, change-in-condition judgment, charting, and shift fit before you spend time on a call.

Certified Medication Aide (CMA / Med Tech / QMAP)

Screen medication aides for active certification and state scope, med-pass accuracy under a full assignment, what they do when a resident refuses or an order looks wrong, MAR and EMR charting, when they escalate to the nurse, and shift fit before you spend time on a call.

HVAC/R Technician

Screen HVAC technicians for EPA 608 certification, install versus service experience, real diagnostic ability on refrigeration and heating, on-call and rooftop willingness, and reliability before you spend time on a call.

How to Screen Hotel Front Desk Agents: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen front desk agents for real check-in volume, PMS experience, guest de-escalation, multitasking under a full lobby, cash handling, and the weekend and holiday availability the desk actually needs.

How to Screen Retail Sales Associates and Cashiers: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen sales associates and cashiers for real floor and register experience, customer recovery, POS and cash accuracy, loss-prevention judgment, and the evening, weekend, and holiday availability the schedule actually needs.

How to Screen Bilingual Call Center Agents: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen bilingual agents for real conversational fluency in both languages, call-handling experience, de-escalation under a timer, multitasking across systems, and the schedule and workspace reality of the job.

How to Screen Electricians: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen electricians for license and classification, hands-on scope, code knowledge, safety judgment, and the availability and physical reality of the job.

How to Screen Welders: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen welders for certifications and process fit, real hands-on scope, blueprint and symbol reading, quality and inspection history, safety judgment, and shift availability.

How to Screen Pharmacy Technicians: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen pharmacy technicians for certification and state registration, retail versus hospital setting fit, real hands-on scope, accuracy under volume, insurance and adjudication skill, and shift availability.

How to Screen Security Officers: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen security guards for license and registration, post and setting fit, real hands-on scope, judgment under pressure, reliability and post-abandonment risk, and shift availability.

How to Screen Plumbers: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen plumbers for license level, service versus new construction experience, code and inspection track record, tools and truck, and on-call availability.

How to Screen Delivery Drivers: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen non-CDL delivery drivers for license and MVR status, vehicle class comfort, route and app fluency, physical load handling, customer conduct, and schedule fit.

How to Screen Maintenance Technicians: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen maintenance technicians for real trade breadth, hands-on troubleshooting, EPA and certification status, make-ready turn experience, on-call reliability, and resident-facing conduct.

How to Screen Machine Operators and Production Associates: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen machine operators and production associates for real equipment experience, shift and overtime reliability, quality and measurement skill, safety habits, line troubleshooting, and physical fit.

How to Screen Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs): 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen CNAs for active certification and a clean registry, personal-care and transfer skill, dementia experience, reporting judgment, and shift and attendance reliability before you spend time on a call.

How to Screen School Bus Drivers: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen school bus drivers for CDL class and S and P endorsements, DOT medical and driving record, split-shift availability, student management, safety procedure, and background-check readiness before you spend time on a call.

How to Screen Automotive Technicians: 8 Questions and What to Listen For

Screen auto techs for skill level, ASE and state inspection credentials, flat-rate pay fit, their own tool set, real diagnostic process, comeback rate, and driving record before you spend time on a call.