Top 10 Hiring Mistakes - #8 - Unprepared - Part 1

If you want managing to be easier, learn to hire better. We’ve been saying it for two decades now. We normally put out positive guidance, about what to DO. In this series of casts, though, we address common misconceptions and mistakes most managers make when hiring. This guidance is about lack of preparation, which is an epidemic among managers. You can’t be good at hiring if you’re not good at preparation.

A highly effective interviewer knows that the interview’s results are predetermined before the interview even starts. How is that possible, you say? If you have to ask, it’s a good sign you’ve not been fully prepared for the interviews you’ve conducted. Preparation, both for the candidate and for the interviewer is what interviewing is all about. Everyone accepts that on the side of the candidate, right? Why would we interviewers, if unprepared, expect high levels of success interviewing someone who IS prepared? Silly.

Here’s how to prepare.