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)

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

Research has determined that 'loving the work you do' plays a significant role in a person's motivation and ability to achieve superior results, yet few interviewers take this into consideration when making a hiring decision.