An applicant with great job skills will always out-perform a job applicant with lesser skill.

If you see signs or hear examples of an applicant taking initiative, it's a reliable indicator the applicant is self-motivated.

Using behavior-based interviewing is the most effective way to correctly assess an applicant's self-motivation.

Most companies track turnover and know exactly how many of their best performing employees are exiting and why.

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

Motivation-based interviewing assesses what 3 components common to all high achievers?

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

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.

What is motivation-based interviewing?

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.