Recruitment
Interviews
PEDAT/Backgrounds
Job Offer
Tie Breakers
100
TeamMinneapolis (NEOGOV)
What is the name of our Applicant Tracking System?
100
Three
What is the recommended number of interview panel members? Hiring Manager and two Subject Matter Experts. When selecting an interview panel, consider diversity of thought, nepotism, gender and ethnicity of panelists. Internal/External Customers or HR may provide an objective perspective.
100
1. A Driver’s License is a minimum qualification; or 2. Access to drugs and alcohol; or 3. Operation of heavy and/or motorized equipment; or 4. Direct interaction with children or vulnerable adults; or 5. Dispatches or responds to life-threatening emergencies; 6. Handles cash, cash equivalents, checks, securities or has access to bank or investment accounts.
What is the criteria for pre-employment drug and alcohol testing? (One or more must be met)
100
Basic terms of the offer, such as salary, vacation, benefits, probation period, uniform/dress code, etc.
What is listed in a Job Offer Letter?
100
A type of employee in the classified service who has successfully completed their initial hire probationary period.
What is a Permanent Employee?
200
Screening Questions
What are used to determine minimum qualifications. (Education, Experience, Licenses)
200
Names of those applicants who have passed an examination to qualify for an interview.
What is a Certified List? Must have a certified list before interviews.
200
Amount of time to take the PEDAT test after a conditional job offer.
What is 24 hours? The 24-hour period allows the job applicant to submit the sample by the end of the business day following the date of the conditional job offer. For example, an individual who receives a conditional job offer on a Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. would have until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday to provide the sample at the collection site.
200
1. A Driver’s License is a minimum qualification; or 2. Access to drugs and alcohol; or 3. Operation of heavy and/or motorized equipment; or 4. Direct interaction with children or vulnerable adults; or 5. Dispatches or responds to life-threatening emergencies; 6. Handles cash, cash equivalents, checks, securities or has access to bank or investment accounts.
What is the criteria for pre-employment drug and alcohol testing? (One or more must be met)
300
Critical numeric data required before starting the hiring process and used to avoid hiring more people than budget allows.
What is a position number? e.g., #00006721 If the position is newly budgeted or is a newly created title, consult first with the classification division to properly classify the position and to have a position number created in HRIS.
300
Names of all candidates who pass a pre-selection examination(s) and are ranked from highest to lowest according to final scores.
What is a List of Eligible Candidates?
300
Document that states a candidate has seen the City of Minneapolis PEDAT policy and authorizes the City of Minneapolis, through its agents, to collect a breath, saliva and/or unrine and/or blood sample.
What is the NOTIFICATION AND CONSENT FORM FOR PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING?
400
Document that describes the duties and other job related information common to a particular job classification--includes the class title, a definition of the role or mission of the classification, examples of the work typically performed, a description of the minimum requirements in terms of training and experience, a description of knowledge, skills and abilities required, and information about the working conditions.
What is a Job Spec or Job Specification?
400
Form filled out by each applicant at the interview.
What is a background check form?
400
Document sent to Occupational Medicine Consultants (OMC).
What is the Pre-Employment Drug & Alcohol Testing and Referral Pre-authorization form?
500
This is needed to begin the hiring process and initiated when a City department submits this to the Human Resources Department.
What is a requisition?
500
Type of interview based on discovering how the interviewee acted in specific employment-related situations.
What is Behavior-based Interviewing? The logic is that how you behaved in the past will predict how you will behave in the future i.e. past performance predicts future performance.
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