Interviewing for a Horticultural Role

Why use us?

Regardless of whether you are looking for an extra pair of hands around your company’s outdoor facilities, or you’re looking for a friendly gardener for your own house, Interview Quizzes is a fantastic tool to that helps employers find their best qualified interviewees.

There are not necessarily a lot of requirements to become a gardener. Your ideal applicant needs to be experienced in the job role, familiar with landscaping, have good knowledge of the regional plant life, and be physically fit. If you are flooded with applications, how do you know if you’re choosing the right person? We are here to help you find horticultural workers that tick all your boxes – that’s where the quizzes come in.

Skills to look for when employing Horticultural Workers

• Knowledge - A good gardener will have extensive knowledge of plant, gardening and flower care techniques. Not all plants require the same care, therefore an employee should have good knowledge of the local plant life.
• Attention to detail - In handling sensitive plants, tools and chemicals, gardeners need to pay attention to their work and be thorough to ensure that all the plant life is healthy and thriving. When it comes to maintaining the beauty of an outdoor area, attention to detail will often separate the good gardeners from the great ones.
• Physical skills - Gardening/horticultural work is often very labour-intensive. Employees will be expected to stand for long periods of time while working and often have to lift heavy items - which requires a good level of fitness, coordination and dexterity.
• Time-Management skills – Gardeners often need to manage multiple tasks each day and some jobs are time sensitive, especially when working with plants and seasonal changes. The most successful gardeners will be those who can prioritise tasks, multitask and manage time well.
• Communication skills - Gardeners should have a clear understanding of what is expected of them and be able to communicate well with their employer if they have any questions or concerns. They should also be good at listening and learning from any of the jobs.
• Flexibility - Ideally, your gardeners will be flexible in regards to which days they come and work. As gardeners will be working outside, a lot of jobs are often dependent on the weather so it is handy to find someone who is relaxed with their work days.
• Independent - The ability to work well on your own and show a good level of thinking and reasoning skills is key when the task involves working alone.

How can you find these qualities in your employees?

So, you have advertised your job online or in the paper and people seem interested… Instead of arduously sifting through all of their CVs, make use of our quizzes and get them to prove their knowledge and skill, instead of taking their word for it!

Construct your unique interview quiz

You are free to choose whichever 4 categories you want but here are our 4 suggested quizzes for the job of a receptionist:

1. English Basic – This tests your applicant’s ability to communicate by finding out how well they can understand simple, everyday language that is often important when working in teams or understanding what is expected from you as their employer.
2. Science Basic - Your ideal applicants will have a knowledge of horticultural science and plant biology. Test your candidates basic knowledge of science with these quizzes.
3. Geography – Test your candidates knowledge of the earth, land and the world they will be working around with our Geography quizzes!
4. General Knowledge – Knowledge of various outdoor topics will be helpful in this job role. Knowing that your employees have a general knowledge on a different range of subjects is reassuring.

At the Interview

When it comes to job interviews, you will be armed with a page showing the results of the candidate’s online tests. This will highlight who is good at what and it will be the ideal tool to help you formulate the best interview questions to ask.

Conclusion

We can't decide who is best for you but we can provide the tools to help you MAKE BETTER DECISIONS, FASTER.