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Motivation-Based Interviewing - A revolutionary approach to hiring the best

What is Motivation-Based Interviewing (or “MBI”)?


WHAT IS MOTIVATION-BASED INTERVIEWING?


Motivation-based interviewing, also known as “MBI”, is an effective interviewing method that is being used globally. It assesses an applicant’s skill, attitude and passion… the 3 components common to ALL ‘high achievers’ that enable them to produce above-average results. MBI improves the interviewer’s ability to correctly distinguish the self-motivated applicants who are passionate problem-solvers from those who merely interview well. MBI takes no extra interviewing time, is easy-to-learn and can be used to fill any job opening. It has been validated to improve quality-of-hire.


Three ways to learn motivation-based interviewing:

  1. ONLINE! High-quality, interactive, self-paced web course (4-5 hrs)
  2. INSTRUCTOR-LED:
    • MBI Onsite Training (1-day) 
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  3. Read The Book: Don’t Hire Anyone Without Me!  (181 pages)

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Traditional behavior-based interviewing does a reasonable job of assessing the candidate’s skills, but it is not effective as a predictor of future performance, because it fails to take motivation into account. Think of skill as being analogous to a car. Think of motivation as fuel. A car without fuel runs great – going downhill. Using MBI is a more effective way to assess a candidate in terms of skill and motivation which enables you, the interviewer, to more accurately predict what kind of results you can expect that person to achieve. Taught in multiple languages and used around the world, MBI is all about hiring High Performers.