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During a recent Performance-based Hiring workshop for hiring managers I suggested that measuring motivation to excel was the secret sauce in hiring outstanding people. This is “n” in the Hiring Formula for Success. One of the leaders suggested asking about five year career plans was how he assesses this. I pushed back and said the candidate’s answer was subject to the interviewer’s biases since diverse and minority candidates might have different career aspirations. Instead I offered an alternative as summarized in this ChatGPT- inspired story.
Chapter 1: The Outdated Question
Marissa, the head of HR at Elevation Tech,