Hire slow – fire fast

I assume you’ve been there…sitting at your desk, looking at your notes from an interview with a candidate.  You feel the pressure to say “yes”.  You hate to waste precious time interviewing more candidates or asking the recruiter to go back to the well.  But your gut is confused. Something is wrong, but you don’t know what it is.

Statistically, hiring outside candidates is a crap shoot…a 50/50 proposition.  If you’re really good at interviewing, your hit-rate increases to 70%.  The only way to achieve 90%+ success in hiring is to combine several best practices that are outlined on page 3 of our article: http://www.witmerassociates.com/files/RedFlagsV3.pdf.

Page 2 of this article shows our “red flags checklist.”  We compiled these red flags over 25 years of assessing candidates, both internal and external.  Next time you interview a candidate, scan the checklist.  It may speed your decision.  And it might help you avoid a costly mistake!

Source: Jeff Grip, Pinpoint Performance Blog, Witmer & Associates