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100

The professional networking site most recruiters use daily 

What is LinkedIn? 

100

The average time it takes from job posting to offer acceptance

What is time-to-hire?

100

The average number of seconds a recruiter spends reviewing a resume.

What is 6–7 seconds?

100

The acronym “ATS” stands for this.

What is Applicant Tracking System?

100

The day of the week with the highest number of job applications submitted.

What is Tuesday?

200

Boolean search operator that narrows results to include all specified terms

What is AND?

200

A high value in this metric means candidates are moving smoothly through the funnel

What is conversion rate?

200

This term refers to hiring within the company instead of externally.

What is internal mobility?

200

Instead of rejecting completely, some recruiters reclassify candidates into this type of pipeline group

What is Talent Pool?

200

This country introduced the world’s first 4-day workweek law

What is Iceland?

300

This technique involves reaching out to passive candidates directly

 What is cold outreach?

300

Cost per hire is typically calculated by dividing total recruiting costs by this

 What is the number of hires?

300

This major tech company is famous for once asking unusual “puzzle” interview questions

What is Google?

300

The process of comparing pay across the market to set salaries.

What is Compensation Benchmarking?

300

The most common interview question globally.

What is “Tell me about yourself”?

400

This method of sourcing involves searching social media platforms (like Twitter/X or Instagram) for people sharing relevant hashtags or content.

What is Social Sourcing?

400

This metric shows how many offers are turned down.

What is offer acceptance rate?

400

This job board was originally created as a pet project at MIT and became one of the biggest hiring platforms in the world

What is Indeed? 

400

The practice of candidates disappearing during the hiring process.

What is ghosting? 

400

This city is often called the “recruiting capital” of the U.S. because of its talent market.

What is New York City?

500

One of Gem’s most popular features is its ability to track this key metric across sourcing campaigns

What is response rate?



500

 A recruiter made 10 hires this quarter, but only 5 are still employed after 6 months. What is the recruiter’s retention rate?

What is 50% 

500

The global staffing industry is estimated to be worth over this amount annually.

What is 500 billion? 

500

A strategy where recruiters proactively build a pool of potential candidates.

What is talent pipelining?

500

The estimated % of jobs filled through networking rather than job postings.

 What is ~70–80%?