Hiring 101

Relax, Everything Is Deeply Intertwingled: Hiring 101

# The most important rule about interviewing:
# The initial few moments of an interview are the most crucial.
# Interviewing is about creating a dialog with the candidate.
# Interviews are about the past
# Always check references;
# It is more important than ever to develop people into high performers.
# Too often hiring managers focus on a candidate's skills and qualifications rather than on who s/he is or her/his personality.
# Never hire anyone who doesn't wear a watch.
# Don't ever, ever hire somebody just like yourself.
# Hire the very best, act as if your life depended on every person you bring on your team, and put a ton of cycles into finding, referencing, recruiting, and retaining those people.