Recruiting & Hiring Templates

Structured hiring beats gut feel. These job descriptions, interview scorecards, screening guides, and offer templates help your team evaluate candidates consistently and move fast without cutting corners.

24 templateseach as a branded PDF and an editable CSVmost downloaded first

All Recruiting & Hiring templates

  • Background Check Consent Form Template

    A background check consent and disclosure form template built around FCRA's standalone-disclosure requirement — for review with counsel before use.

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  • Behavioral Interview Questions Template

    40 behavioral interview questions across 8 competencies, with strong-answer signals, red flags, a 1-4 STAR rubric, situational variants and scoring sheet.

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  • Candidate Experience Survey

    A candidate experience survey to measure how applicants rate your hiring process, with rating-scale and open questions plus an NPS to improve your recruiting brand.

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  • Candidate Rejection Email Template

    Professional candidate rejection email templates for every hiring stage, written to be kind, prompt, and brand-safe so declined applicants stay warm to your company.

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  • Candidate Screening Checklist

    A candidate screening checklist covering resume review, must-have criteria, and phone-screen questions so you shortlist consistently and fairly before interviews.

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  • Conditional Offer Letter Template

    Conditional offer letter with contingency clauses (background, references, drug test, license, medical exam), FCRA adverse action steps, fair chance rules.

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  • Employee Referral Program Template

    An employee referral program template covering eligibility, bonus tiers, payout timing, and a submission form so referrals are consistent and easy to run.

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  • Employment Application Form

    A job application form with lawful work-authorization wording, a work history table and attestation, plus the questions many states forbid you to ask.

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  • Hiring Manager Intake Form

    A hiring manager intake form to align recruiter and manager on role requirements, must-haves, interview plan, and timeline before sourcing begins.

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  • HR Job Description Templates (8 HR Roles)

    Job descriptions for 8 HR roles, coordinator to HR business partner, with level-appropriate scope, reporting lines, FLSA status and preferred credentials.

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  • Internship Offer Letter & Agreement Template

    Paid internship offer letter and agreement: dates, hours, pay, learning goals, confidentiality and IP, plus the DOL unpaid-intern test and UK/India notes.

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  • Interview Feedback Form

    An interview feedback form for interviewers to record evidence-based ratings, strengths, concerns, and a clear hire recommendation right after each interview.

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  • Interview Schedule Template

    Interview schedule tracker with time zones, interviewers, focus areas and scorecard due times, plus two sample loops, a candidate itinerary and prep brief.

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  • Interview Scorecard Template

    A structured interview scorecard template with weighted competencies and a 1-4 rating scale so interviewers evaluate candidates consistently and reduce hiring bias.

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  • Job Description Template

    A structured job description template covering role summary, responsibilities, must-have vs nice-to-have requirements, and inclusive language to attract the right candidates.

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  • Job Description Templates by Role (11 Roles)

    Eleven ready-to-edit job descriptions, from chief of staff to warehouse worker, with duties, must-haves, typical FLSA status and a pay-range placeholder.

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  • Job Offer Acceptance, Rejection & Counter Offer Letters

    Seven replies to a job offer: acceptance letter and email, polite decline, counter offer, negotiation email, asking for more time, accepting after talks.

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  • Job Posting Template

    A job posting template with two sample ads, pay range rules for 14 states and cities, EEO wording, words to avoid, and Google for Jobs fields.

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  • Offer Letter Template

    A complete job offer letter with a filled-in sample, plus hourly, part-time, remote, sales, temporary and email versions and the clauses to check.

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  • Phone Screen Questions & Script

    A 25-minute phone screen script with 28 questions, knockouts, a scoring rubric, lawful pay and work-authorization wording, and questions never to ask.

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  • Recruitment Plan Template

    Recruitment plan template with a hiring plan table, funnel math for 1 and 6 hires, a cost-per-hire example, time-to-fill targets and US compliance notes.

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  • Recruitment Tracker Template

    A recruitment tracker template to manage candidates by pipeline stage, source, and status, with funnel metrics so you can spot bottlenecks and report on hiring.

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  • Reference Check Template

    A reference check template with structured questions on performance, strengths, and rehire eligibility so you verify candidates consistently before extending an offer.

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  • Structured Interview Guide Template

    A structured interview guide template with timed sections, competency-based questions, and rating prompts so every candidate gets a fair, consistent interview.

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