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100

Can you ask the following question in an interview? "Have you ever been arrested?"

No Way!

100

Can a nonexempt (hourly) employee do work off the clock?

No...unless they record it on their time card.  

100

What year was TriStaff founded?

1971

100

What is your best sourcing website?

And why?

100

Best potluck item recently?

Carne asada?  Corned beef?  

200

What critical job information can you find on a job description?

Job title, job duties, degree/no degree, any license needed

200

If an employee in CA quits without notice, how long do we have to provide their final paycheck?

72 hours

200

Who is our medical insurance provider?

Anthem Blue Cross

200

Name a website that is industry-specific for finding candidates.  

Association of Finance Professionals is an example. 

200

Your client in a finance call center asks you to set up random drug screening for all the temps at their site and they are located in CA.  Can you do this? 

No, unless there is a job specific or industry requirement.  

300

Can you ask someone when they graduated from high school?  

no---could lead to age discrimination.  

300

If your temp has worked for TriStaff full time for 4 months and has a doctor appointment, can they use sick leave?  

If they have completed 90 days and have sick time accrued, then they can use sick leave.  They need to complete a sick leave form too!!

300

How many checks, in an average week, does Jessika in payroll process?

260

300

Do you find that social media (i.e., FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter) are good platforms for recruiting?

Great answer!

300

Sexual harassment is the only type of harassment we need to worry about.

Oh no!

400

Tell us about the best job placement experience you have had.

Why was it the best?

400

Your client has our temps work through lunch and has them enter it as a 30 minute lunch break on their time cards.  You find out.  What should you do?

Talk to HR and/or payroll ---but since they are our employees, we need to pay them and bill the client.  

400

How many W-2s did we process in 2017?  

1689 (SoCal and Garich)

400

What job board do you think will not be in business in 2 years?

Good answer

400

When is our next potluck?

Good question for our incentive team!

500

Who is leading next week's meeting?

Denise?

500

Do you need to pay overtime for an hourly person in CA who works 9 hours one day, 4 hours the next day and then no other hours for the week?

Yes, one hour of overtime on day 1 since it is over 8 hours in a day.  

500

Besides sales meetings on Wednesday, what else do we look forward to on Wednesday?

It's the bagels!  

500

What website is our ATS?  

TempWorks.  

500

Anything else?

Thanks for playing!