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.

What is motivation-based interviewing?

According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, two-thirds of American businesses have faced lower productivity and reduced employee morale due to a bad hire.

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.

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

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

Which statement is true about high achievers (people who achieve above-average results)?

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

An applicant's response to obstacles is considered to be one of the best predictors of their future job performance and success.