Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People

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...NOW TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE

A positive appreciation of the varying skills needed to

manage and motivate different types of employees, especially

if the applicant never actually managed anyone “on the job.”

Red light

No management experience for a job that requires they

manage people. (Remember, red light means “stop and

think,” not “stop and leave.” If we only hired people

who have managed others, how would we ever grow our own

stars? And who’s to say that outside management experience

isn’t going to consist of a lot of bad management experience?)

Any negative expression of management experience. (“Yes,

I managed two people at the last ...