Given enough time and hands-on interviewing experience, most interviewers will eventually learn how to correctly identify high achievers.

Hiring managers commonly make the connection between an employee's poor performance issues and their own interviewing deficiencies.

What is motivation-based interviewing?

Excellent job skills means an applicant can do the job, however, it does not necessarily mean he or she will do it better than most everyone else.

Which of the following statements are true about motivation-based interviewing? (multiple answers permitted)

Behavior-based interview questions can give interviewers a false sense of confidence that they are gathering quality applicant information when they aren't.

If an untrained interviewer uses an unstructured interview format (asks questions that pop into their head), the probability of hiring the best applicant is about 40% according to a Michigan State study.

According to a Harvard Business School study, 76% of turnover can be traced back to poor interviewing practices and bad hiring decisions.

What are the holes that exist in most employee selection processes that cause needless hiring mistakes? (multiple answers permitted)

Most unmotivated employees were great hires but they changed after they were hired due to poor management, unrealistic job expectations and/or unsatisfactory working conditions.