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- Which channels do you use first when you are handed a new niche role?
- Tell me about the hardest search you have solved.
Process and technique
- How do you build a boolean search for a very specific profile, say a data engineer with Kafka experience?
- What response rate do you consider good for cold outreach, and how do you improve it?
- How do you keep a pipeline of 200+ candidates organised without losing follow-up?
- Walk me through how you personalise a message without it taking 20 minutes per candidate.
Behaviour
- Tell me about a passive candidate who took you months to convince.
- How do you handle the constant rejection that comes with cold outreach?
Case study
- You are asked for 30 qualified candidates for a niche role in two weeks, and the local market is small. What do you do?
- Your response rate halved this month. How do you investigate why?
A question that actually screens candidates
I need a data engineer with dbt and Airflow, in Mexico or remote. Write the boolean search and tell me where else you would look.
What you want to hear: Combines synonyms and exclusions, tests variants and mentions GitHub, communities and referrals as well as LinkedIn.
What rules them out: Pastes only the technologies with AND and does not think of other channels.
Example scorecard
| Criterion | 1 (weak) | 3 (meets) | 5 (strong) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boolean and advanced search | Simple strings | Synonyms and exclusions | Iterates on results |
| Messages and reply rate | Generic template | Personalizes | Tests variants and measures replies |
| Technical understanding | Keywords only | Tells roles and levels apart | Talks to the candidate credibly |
| Work with recruiters and HMs | Only sends profiles | Takes feedback | Adjusts the search with feedback |
Score each criterion from 1 to 5 right after the interview, before comparing notes with the rest of the team.
Salary reference: published averages run from $12,300 to $15,886 a month in Mexico (checked Sep 20, 2026). See sources and ranges.
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