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?

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

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

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

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.

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.

The applicant with the best job skills will typically be...

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