Understanding Motivation-Based Interviewing: A Video Interview with Carol Quinn
What is motivation-based interviewing? Learn the 3 components ALL top performers share in common that enable them to achieve above-average results. When it comes to hiring, learn why skill-assessment is NOT enough, and why behavior-based interviewing simple doesn't work! Hiring Expert, Carol Quinn, provides overview of MBI.
What Is Motivation-Based Interviewing?
Motivation-based interviewing, or "MBI" for short, is the world's most effective interviewing method—PERIOD. It's a globally used interviewing method that is simple yet highly effective for hiring High Performers. MBI training teaches interviewers how to assess the three components ALL High Performers share: skill, attitude, and passion. Interviewers who use MBI can correctly identify job candidates who are self-motivated and willing to go the extra mile. MBI requires no additional interviewing time and can be used to fill every job opening.
Why Is MBI More Effective?
Traditional behavior-based interviewing training does an okay job of teaching interviewers how to assess skills but falls short when it comes to accurately assessing a candidate's motivation. That's a Big Deal! Why? Hiring decisions based on skill alone produce mixed hiring results because it takes more than just skill to succeed. Think of skill as being analogous to a car. Think of motivation as its fuel. A car without fuel runs great...but only going downhill. Employees with the skill to do the job but not the self-motivation... Read More
THREE GREAT WAYS TO LEARN MBI:
Learn MBI Online—Now!
The online course is our most popular and fastest way to learn motivation-based interviewing. It's perfect for individual learners or everyone in the organization. This on-demand, self-paced course takes approximately 4.5 hours to complete. You can learn MBI from anywhere, at any time. How cool is that! 
MBI Open-To-The-Public Classes
This option is ideal for individuals or small groups seeking to learn motivation-based interviewing with the guidance of an instructor. These classes are taught on Zoom, are highly interactive, and are offered several times a year. Check our schedule to see upcoming class dates and to register.
Private MBI Instructor-Led Classes… Starting at $3000
Private classes are an excellent option for organizations with 10 to 100 interviewers who need to learn how to hire High Performers and prefer an instructor to lead the training. These classes are offered both virtually via Zoom and onsite (our instructor travels to you). Click the button to learn more.
This 86-page workbook is included in most MBI training options.
Need A "Certified Trainer" To Teach MBI In-House?
Do you have an entire organization filled with managers who have never learned how to hire High Performers? If yes, the MBI Train-the-Trainer program may be perfect for your organization. It's recommended when you have 60+ interviewers who need to be trained.
The Train-the-Trainer program combines self-paced online lessons with remote classes led by an instructor via Zoom. The online lessons are narrated by Carol Quinn, the creator of MBI, and it's where you learn how to teach MBI slide by slide. The Instructor-led classes are where you practice teaching it until you've mastered MBI and developed confidence.
Becoming an MBI Certified Trainer is easy and convenient... with online lessons that you can complete at your own pace, plus four short classes. This program includes comprehensive training materials, and once Certified, you receive the MBI training presentation and videos. Select a class that suits your schedule and become a subject matter expert and Trainer for the most effective interviewing method in the world. Additionally, it's an excellent certification to add to your resume! Every organization, without exception, would benefit from having at least one of its HR professionals become an MBI Certified Trainer, providing in-house hiring expertise, training, and support whenever needed.
Read What SHRM Wrote:
The word is getting out! So far, SHRM has published two articles featuring motivation-based interviewing. The Society for Human Resource Managers picks hot topics to write about at their annual conferences. MBI most certainly has their attention!
Financial Times (MBI Article)
The Cure For ‘Have-a-Go’ Interviewers! Peter Whitehead talks to an expert in sorting out the genuine high performers from the rest: For Carol Quinn, it was inevitable that she would make her business all about perfecting how companies make hiring...
Client Letter: MBI Results!
I read about motivation-based interviewing in a book written by Lee Cockerell (former Disney executive) and decided to give it a try. I absolutely loved it and implemented it company-wide. It is now mandatory (and company paid) for all...