How do I screen Learning & Development Manager candidates before interviewing?

Send every applicant one link that carries 4 skills tests (Training and Development, Strategic Coaching, Performance Management, Presentation Skills), 2 personality inventories and 5 one-way video questions. springhire scores everything automatically and ranks the candidates, so you interview the top few. The free plan covers 10 candidates a month.

How long does the Learning & Development Manager screening take a candidate?

About 40 minutes for the tests, plus 10 to 15 minutes for the video questions. Candidates complete it on their own time, on any device.

What should a Learning & Development Manager job description include?

A short brief, three to five key responsibilities, a fuller list of duties, must-have and nice-to-have skills, and the requirements. The template on this page has all of it, ready to copy.

Which interview questions work best for a Learning & Development Manager?

Questions that ask for a specific past example and a walkthrough of how the candidate thinks. This page lists 8 with sample answers, and the full bank has more.

Yes. The free plan includes every screening tool with 10 candidate credits a month and no card. Paid plans start at $39 a month.

HR & People

How to hire a Learning & Development Manager

What the role does, the job description, the interview questions, and the 40-minute screening pack that tells you who can do the job before you book a single interview.

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The role

What a Learning & Development Manager does

A Learning & Development Manager is an HR professional who designs, delivers, and measures training and growth programs that build the skills an organization needs.

Design and deliver training and development programs
Assess skill gaps and build learning strategies
Measure the impact of learning on performance

Screen before you interview

The Learning & Development Manager screening pack

Designing learning, coaching, tying it to performance and delivering it well. Every applicant gets one link. You get one ranked report.

Skills tests · 40 minutes total

HR & adminTraining and Development Test10 min · 20 questions · IntermediateThe Training and Development Test helps hiring teams assess intermediate L&D skills before interviews. It is suited to roles that plan training, identify learning needs and check whether programmes improve performance in the workplace.HR & adminStrategic Coaching Test10 min · 20 questions · IntermediateThe Strategic Coaching Test helps hiring teams assess how well candidates coach performance and growth at work. It is suited to intermediate managers, team leads and HR professionals who need to guide employees through feedback, structured coaching conversations and practical development plans.HR & adminPerformance Management Test10 min · 20 questions · IntermediateThe Performance Management Test is for hiring teams assessing managers and team leads who need to set clear goals, run useful review conversations and respond to underperformance. It helps identify candidates with practical judgment in common people management situations.Situational judgementPresentation Skills Test10 min · 20 questions · IntermediateThe Presentation Skills Test is a 10-minute situational judgement assessment for hiring teams that need to evaluate how candidates plan and deliver effective presentations. It is a good fit for roles where clear structure, audience awareness and confident responses to questions matter.

Personality inventories

Big 5 (OCEAN) Personality TestThe Big 5 (OCEAN) Personality Test helps hiring teams understand how entry level candidates are likely to approach work, people and pressure. It measures five broad personality dimensions that can support decisions for roles where reliability, teamwork, adaptability and communication matter.Culture Add TestThe Culture Add Test helps hiring teams assess how candidates approach values, work habits and team contribution. It is suited to entry level hiring where you need a quick, structured view of how someone is likely to show up, collaborate and make decisions at work.

One-way video questions · answered on camera, scored by AI

1
How do you find out what training a company actually needs?
2
Describe a programme you built and how you measured its impact.
3
How do you get managers to make time for development?
4
Tell us about a programme that did not work and why.
5
Live, online or blended for a distributed team? Argue it.

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Job description

Learning & Development Manager job description

We are hiring a Learning & Development Manager to shape how our people learn, grow, and advance. You will assess skill gaps, build training programs and learning paths, and partner with leaders to develop talent from onboarding through leadership. This role fits someone who blends instructional design skill with a coach's instinct and a habit of measuring what training actually changes.

Responsibilities

Conduct training needs analyses to identify skill gaps across teams and levels
Design learning programs, curricula, and role-based learning paths
Build and manage content in the LMS and maintain a catalog of courses
Facilitate workshops and coordinate internal and external trainers and vendors
Develop leadership and manager development programs for high-potential employees
Create onboarding learning tracks that ramp new hires quickly

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in human resources, education, organizational psychology, or a related field
5 or more years in learning and development, training, or talent development
Proven experience designing and delivering programs that improved performance
Hands-on experience with an LMS and modern instructional design methods
Strong facilitation skills and the ability to measure learning outcomes

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Interview questions

Learning & Development Manager interview questions

For the candidates who pass the pack. Each comes with a sample answer on the full page.

01
What made you build a career in learning and development?
02
Tell me about the scope of L and D programs you have owned.
03
How do you know whether a learning program is working?
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Why are you interested in this L and D role?
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Walk me through how you design a new program from scratch.
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How do you apply adult learning principles in your design?
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How do you manage and get value from a learning management system?
08
How do you build a leadership or manager development program?

All Learning & Development Manager interview questions with answers

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