Hire The Smartest Person You Can Find
Great Managers Hire For Talent
 In their best selling book, First Break All The Rules: What The World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman recommend that great managers hire for talent. They believe that successful managers believe: "People don't change that much. Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough."
The Recommendation? Hire for strengths; don't expect to develop weak areas of performance, habits, and talents. Build on what is great about your new employee in the first place.
Buckingham's second book, Now, Discover Your Strengths features an internet-based StrengthsFinder Profile, the product of a 25-year, multimillion- dollar effort to identify the most prevalent human strengths. The program introduces 34 dominant "themes" with thousands of possible combinations, and reveals how they can best be translated into personal and career success.
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7 Interview Questions You Must Ask
 Question #1:
Purpose: Develop the rapport needed to get the interview off the ground.
Question #2:
Talk about a time when you had to overcome major obstacles.
Purpose: Get a clear picture of the candidate's past performance.
Question #3:
What interests you about this position?
Purpose: Find out how the candidate feels about the job and the company.
Question #4:
Is there intelligent life in outer space?
Purpose: Find out what kind of thinker the candidate is and how he deals with surprises.
Question #5:
Imagine we've just hired you. What's the most important thing on your to-do list on the first day of work?
Purpose: Learn about the candidate's judgment and decision-making skills.
Question #6:
Why did you get into this line of work?
Purpose: Measure the fit between the candidate's values and the culture of your company.
Question #7:
But enough about you. What about us?
Purpose: Find out if the candidate has done his or her homework.
Source: www.bnet.com
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