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.

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

What is motivation-based interviewing?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Which of the following statements are true about motivation-based interviewing? (multiple answers permitted)