According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, two-thirds of American businesses have faced lower productivity and reduced employee morale due to a bad hire.

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.

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.

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

Using behavior-based interviewing often results in extending a job offer to a marginal performer.

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.

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

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