Jobs › AbbVie

This position has closed. AbbVie removed this listing from their careers page on Sep 25, 2026. The interview prep below is still useful, and there are similar open roles at the bottom of this page.

Recruiter, Talent Acquisition

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Full time · Human Resources

Posted Sep 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

The posting asks you to proactively identify and source talent pools aligned to business priorities. How do you source for a role before the requisition opens?

What they are checking: Proactive pipelining, which the posting names explicitly

How do you tell a strong candidate they didn't get the job?

What they are checking: Candidate experience at the hardest moment

What would you do

A hiring manager keeps rejecting candidates without clear reasons. What do you do?

What they are checking: Partnering with rather than serving the hiring manager

A candidate you want is about to take another offer. What do you do?

What they are checking: Closing, which is where a recruiter earns their place

About the work

This role recruits for the commercial organization at Mettawa. What commercial roles have you filled, and what made them hard?

What they are checking: Relevant requisition experience rather than recruiting generally

Walk me through how you pre-screen a candidate so a hiring manager's time isn't wasted.

What they are checking: Screening rigor, which decides whether the recruiter adds value

You'd prepare and approve offer packages with equity and market competitiveness data. How do you build a case for an offer above the range?

What they are checking: Compensation judgment rather than passing numbers along

The posting names compliance with state and federal employment law and applicant tracking requirements. What does that change about how you document a search?

What they are checking: Awareness that the record has legal weight

The role names managing requisitions in SmartRecruiters and hitting recruiting metrics. Which metrics matter most to you, and why?

What they are checking: The named system plus a real view on measurement

The posting requires a bachelor's degree and at least two years of recruitment experience. Where do you sit against that?

What they are checking: The stated minimum, confirmed

Practice this interview out loud.

Offer builds a real interview for this exact role at AbbVie from your resume and this job description, asks the questions one at a time, and tells you what landed. The first one is free.

Practice this out loud

The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

AbbVie’s Talent Acquisition organization has an exciting opportunity for a Recruiter to support an the Commercial organization within AbbVie. Responsibilities • Recruitment will be focused on a specific team/function, or other areas as assigned. • Responsible for attracting top talent and developing a strong, qualified candidate pool for current and future openings. • Additional job duties include pre-screening candidates, project management, partnering with team members to develop sourcing strategies and providing talent for open positions. • Demonstrate ability to proactively identify, source and manage talent pools aligned to business priorities. • Core responsibility is to manage open job requisitions, update and manage SmartRecruiters, achieve recruiting metrics and report key accomplishments. Will also compile and communicate the knowledge base, industry overviews, and market trends, data and analytics to team members and business leaders. • Will prepare and approve offer packages, providing equity & market competitiveness data research. • Ensure compliance to state/federal employment laws and AbbVie policies and practices for applicant tracking compliance and reporting metrics. • Establish a true business partnership with hiring managers and leadership on all staffing related activities and issues. • Bachelor's degree required. • 2+ years recruitment experience in a competitive, fast pace environment required. 5+ years recruiting experience preferred. • Must project a strong business presence and have the ability to instill confidence in clients and to deliver results. • Proactive recruiting and sourcing experience required. • Healthcare/Pharmaceutical industry recruitment experience strongly preferred. • Experience in managing requisitions within SmartRecruiters preferred. Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​ • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​ • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​ • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​ Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​ AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html