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

Many managers who make hiring decisions are competent in their area of expertise but lack the proper interviewer training to know how to correctly identify applicants who will be 'High Performers' if hired.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.