Friday, September 19, 2014

The one interview question that tells you (almost) everything about an applicant

By Christian Schappel


Looking for that next great interview question to help you nail down the perfect candidate? There’s one in particular you should consider adding to your arsenal. 

At least that’s the opinion of best-selling author and renowned columnist Paul B. Brown, whose latest book, Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy, has just been published.

Brown has hired a person or two in his day, and he says this question has told him an awful lot about job candidates: “Tell me about your friends.”

(OK, it’s more like a directive than a question, but we digress.)
The reason Brown loves this question: “Good people hang out with other good people,” Brown wrote in his thrice-weekly column on Inc.com.

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