Talent Acquisition Intern - (Remote)

As a Talent Acquisition Intern at Hike, your main responsibilities will include sourcing candidates, screening resumes, and coordinating interviews. You'll also be responsible for maintaining our talent acquisition dashboards and assisting in recruitment analytics. Collaborating with various teams and managing candidate communications effectively will be key to ensuring a high-quality recruitment process.

To qualify for the Talent Acquisition Intern role at Hike, candidates should ideally possess a PGDM or MBA in HR. Although experience ranging from 0 to 1 year is preferred, strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a tech-savvy mindset are essential for success in this dynamic position.

A Talent Acquisition Intern at Hike can significantly contribute by applying innovative sourcing strategies, maintaining effective communication with candidates, and ensuring an optimal hiring experience. You’ll be directly involved in managing the recruitment pipeline and proposing solutions to enhance overall processes, making your impact felt across the organization.

During your time as a Talent Acquisition Intern at Hike, you will develop a variety of skills, including project management, analytical skills through maintaining dashboards, and solid recruitment strategies. You'll also improve your ability to build relationships with hiring managers and external agencies while honing your communication and organizational skills in a fast-paced environment.

The working environment at Hike for a Talent Acquisition Intern is collaborative, vibrant, and dynamic. As part of our remote team, you will experience the flexibility to work from anywhere, all while being fully integrated with our supportive culture that emphasizes learning, ownership, and teamwork.

A great response to this question can highlight your passion for recruitment and how you connect with Hike’s core values. You might say something about wanting to be part of a dynamic team that positively impacts people's careers while bridging the talent gap in the gaming industry.

Emphasize your organizational skills and discuss how you would assess urgency and impact to prioritize effectively. Mention tools you can use, such as G-Suite or Excel, for keeping track of tasks and deadlines.

Share a specific scenario—perhaps during a project at school or a previous internship—where your attention to detail helped you catch errors or improve a process. This can highlight your analytical skills relevant to maintaining recruitment dashboards.

Discuss creative sourcing channels you might explore, such as leveraging social media platforms, employee referrals, or specialized job boards tailored for the gaming industry. This shows your understanding of effective recruitment tactics.

Talk about your problem-solving mindset, emphasizing your willingness to identify issues early on and your proactive approach in collaborating with the team to find solutions that maintain the recruitment quality at Hike.

Explain that candidate experience is crucial as it reflects on the company's brand and helps attract top talent. Discuss how clear communication and a structured recruitment process enhance this experience and ultimately lead to better hires.

You might want to mention specific resources you follow, such as HR blogs, webinars, and online courses. Also, highlight your enthusiasm for learning as part of Hike’s core values of curiosity and continuous improvement.

Describe your communication style as clear, concise, and friendly. Mention how you adapt it based on the audience, whether it’s hiring managers, candidates, or team members, ensuring both information clarity and relationship building.

Reflect on Hike's core values and share how they resonate with your personal values and work style. Provide examples of how you've demonstrated similar values in past experiences, showing that you would thrive in their supportive and results-driven environment.

Discuss your goals for personal and professional growth, such as gaining hands-on experience in talent acquisition, understanding the recruitment lifecycle better, and contributing meaningfully to Hike's hiring initiatives. This will convey your ambition and enthusiasm for the role.