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Recruiter, Talent Acquisition

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Full time · Human Resources

Posted Sep 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a hard-to-fill role you recruited for. How did you find the person you hired?

What they are checking: Whether they can source creatively rather than relying only on applicants who apply.

Which recruiting metrics matter most to you, and how have you used them to improve?

What they are checking: Whether they use data to improve their work rather than just reporting numbers.

How do you give a candidate a good experience even when they are not selected?

What they are checking: Whether they treat candidates with respect, which affects the company's reputation.

What would you do

A hiring manager rejects every candidate you send without clear feedback. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can push for clarity and build a real partnership instead of just sending more resumes.

A strong candidate gets a competing offer the day before they are due to accept ours. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can respond quickly and honestly without making promises outside policy.

How would you share market trends with business leaders in a way that changes their hiring decisions?

What they are checking: Whether they can act as an advisor with useful insights, not only a requisition processor.

About the work

How would you build a talent pool for pharmaceutical sales or commercial roles before the jobs even open?

What they are checking: Whether they think proactively about pipelines aligned to business priorities, as the posting asks.

How do you manage a heavy load of open requisitions in an applicant tracking system like SmartRecruiters?

What they are checking: Whether they stay organized and keep data accurate for compliance and metrics.

Walk me through how you prepare an offer package and make it competitive with the market.

What they are checking: Whether they understand compensation data, internal equity and how to close candidates fairly.

What employment laws and record-keeping rules do recruiters need to follow during the hiring process?

What they are checking: Whether they know compliance basics like fair hiring practices and applicant tracking requirements.

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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

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