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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

When it comes to tracking hiring effectiveness, which one of these do most organizations NOT track?

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