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“Are you willing to work long hours?” Is the Wrong Question

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There’s a Better Way to Assess Work Ethic, Grit and Motivation

At a recent Performance-based Hiring training sessionfor hiring managers I was bombarded with questions on how to hire people who were willing to work long hours. When I asked them what they were now doing, I was dumbstruck.

They wouldn’t even talk with people who wouldn’t agree to put in the extra time.

“You’ve got it backwards,” I told them. “Instead of filtering for people who say they’ll work long hours, find people who have already proven they will – because they couldn’t help themselves.”

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