The goal of this final paper is to show the importance of human resources in the organization and how to choose the best candidates for certain positions through professional selection. In large organizations, the human resources department is a very important factor in business because by selecting the best candidates, it directly affects the work activity, and thus the overall success of the organization's business. Human resource management consists of a series of activities and tasks and comprehensive care of employees; from selection, employment, training, up to termination of work activity or retirement. Human resource management departments are also involved in advising managers of the work organization. Acquiring candidates to fill positions in the organization is the most important function of the human resources management department and it includes a series of activities and procedures that determine the desirable characteristics of candidates and selection procedures for selecting them. The selection process has established methods and procedures that guarantee the successful selection of candidates. First of all, there are standard sources of information about candidates (application for a competition, CV, certificates, etc.), various tests (psychological tests, work-related tests...) and unconventional methods, one of the key and most represented methods among Croatian employers. is the interview method, which is included in the empirical part of this work. A survey method was conducted on a random sample of 120 people from various industries. The data collected by the survey show that more than 80% of the respondents only had an interview when hiring for the current position, while only 20% of them consider that the interview is sufficient as the only method of selection. The results also indicate that only 20% of the respondents are completely satisfied with the selection of candidates in the recruitment process within their organizations. At the same time, 25% of people believe that employers who pay more attention to more selection methods when choosing potential employees achieve the best selection of top workers for their organization.