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.
How to Screen Account Executives: 8 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen AE candidates on quota attainment across multiple periods, self-sourced pipeline, deal size and cycle fit, qualification discipline, forecast honesty, and comp expectations.
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.
How to Screen Recruiters: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen recruiters and sourcers for real requisition load, sourcing that goes past job-board applicants, written outreach quality, funnel metrics they actually own, and tolerance for the volume your desk carries.
How to Screen Executive Assistants: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen executive assistants for the level of executive they have actually supported, calendar control under constant change, discretion with confidential information, inbox and gatekeeping judgment, error recovery, and the onsite and after-hours expectations that decide whether the match holds.
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: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen warehouse associates for facility and equipment experience, stamina across a full shift, productivity against a pick rate, forklift certification, accuracy and safety judgment under rate pressure, and the attendance and transportation reality that decides whether they last 30 days.
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.
How to Screen Customer Service Representatives: 8 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen customer service reps for real interaction volume, de-escalation under pressure, channel and CRM comfort, performance against metrics, schedule fit, and the attendance reliability that decides whether they make it past training.
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.
How to Screen Skilled Trades Workers: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen electricians, HVAC techs, plumbers, and other tradespeople for an active license and classification, real job-site scope, current safety cards, tools and transportation, inspection and callback history, and the rate and availability that decide whether the hire actually starts.
How to Screen Forklift Operators: 8 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen forklift operators and production workers for equipment class, real hours at height, safety judgment, incident history, attendance, and shift fit 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.
How to Screen Medical Assistants: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen medical assistants for active certification, clinical versus front-office skill, scope of practice, EHR fluency, compliance, and schedule fit before you spend time on a call.
How to Screen Housekeepers and Room Attendants: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen housekeepers and room attendants for cleaning experience, rooms-per-shift pace, physical stamina, attention to detail, safe chemical and biohazard handling, integrity around guest belongings, and weekend availability.
How to Screen Line Cooks: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen line cooks for station and volume experience, speed under the rush, food-safety knowledge, consistency to spec, teamwork on the line, physical stamina, and nights-and-weekends availability.
How to Screen Diesel Mechanics: 8 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen diesel mechanics for engine-brand experience, diagnostic and aftertreatment skill, ASE and inspection credentials, shift coverage, and reliability.
How to Screen Phlebotomists: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen phlebotomists for venipuncture skill, certification, specimen-handling accuracy, patient composure, STAT and timed-draw prioritization, and shift availability before you spend time on a call.
How to Screen Dental Hygienists: 8 Questions and What to Listen For
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.
How to Screen Restaurant Servers: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen restaurant servers for section and volume experience, POS and service flow, guest recovery, menu and allergen knowledge, alcohol-service certification, cash and check integrity, and schedule fit before you spend time on a call.
How to Screen Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs and LVNs): 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen LPNs and LVNs for active licensure and scope, setting and acuity fit, med-pass and clinical skills, change-in-condition and night-shift judgment, charting, and shift availability before you spend time on a call.
How to Screen Medication Aides (CMA, Med Tech, QMAP): 8 Questions and What to Listen For
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.
How to Screen HVAC Technicians: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
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.
How to Screen Direct Support Professionals (DSPs): 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen DSPs for real IDD experience, comfort with personal care, behavior support and de-escalation, medication certification, driving, documentation, and the awake overnights and holdovers that cause most of the turnover.
How to Screen Dietary Aides and Dietary Cooks: 9 Questions and What to Listen For
Screen dietary aides and cooks for diet-order accuracy, texture-modified and therapeutic diet experience, allergy handling, food-safety and survey readiness, tray line speed, resident interaction, and the early-morning, weekend, and holiday availability a 365-day kitchen runs on.