At a recent presentation, a member of the audience came up to me right before I went on stage and told me, “The most important thing to interview for is attitude!” This person is not alone in their belief that attitude is a key hiring requirement. The problem is, IT’S NOT TRUE! Now before you […]
Interviewing Myths
“If you continue to do what you always have done, You will continue to get what you have always gotten.” You have an interview scheduled for this afternoon. You prepare by scanning the resume for two or three minutes before the person comes into your office. You’re not worried because you will know if this […]
Sample Interview Questions
The sample interview questions on this page can be the starting point when you build your own list. You can use these as examples of what good questions look like. Please don’t just copy and use these questions. Instead, use them as a place to start. Be sure to read the article on creating questions for a […]
Choosing Leaders In The New Economy
The demands of leadership change based on the environment and circumstances a leader faces. There can be no doubt that the current economic climate is unique. Businesses are facing more competition, a greater pace of change and more uncertainty than ever. As a result the requirements for our leaders have changed as well. Certainly there […]
Interviewing Sales Candidates
Interviewing sales candidates does not need to be a mystery. View this as a chance to significantly improve your sales team. Unfortunately, most Sales Managers simply “wing it” when it comes to choosing the best salespeople. And that approach almost always leads to problems. Interviewing sales candidates is different. The person in front of you […]
Sample Sales Interview Questions
Sales interview questions have always been a mystery. If you read 10 different articles, you get 10 different opinions on what you should and should not ask in your interviews. The sample sales interview questions I share with you in this article are those that have been proven over the past 30 years to work. […]
Don’t Ask Everyone The Same Questions
Don’t Ask Every Candidate The Same Questions Just recently I ran across a white paper that listed the top 100 questions you should ask a sales candidate. In the intro, it was suggested to use these as the standard questions asked of every candidate. The reasoning was this approach empowers you to compare candidates.This is […]
Resume Reading
Resume reading can be the difference between hiring a great person and perhaps missing a true gem. Unfortunately this is a skill that most people have never developed. Here is an interesting statistic to prove that point. In researching this article, I used Google’s keyword tool to see how many times people were searching for […]
Do You Have The Right Employees To Take Advantage Of The Coming Boom?
Good market. Bad market. Nothing has changed. It still remains that the only sustainable competitive advantage is the quality of your people. No one knows when the current market problems will take a turn for the better. But, only a complete cynic believes that it won’t. Those organizations that have prepared and have the right […]
The “One-Question” Interview Does NOT Work
As part of my research on the subjects of recruiting and hiring I follow numerous blogs and websites. I have dozens of Google Alerts for various keyword related to interviewing and hiring. This helps me keep up on the subject and also protect you, my loyal readers, from destructive advice. A post crossed my desk […]
