You’re dreading, or half-assing, your most important conversation

When you’re responsible for interviewing new hires, sooner or later—maybe immediately—you look an impending interview on your calendar with a certain sense of resigned, dejected dread.

Ach, damnit. My whole afternoon was free, except for this stupid interview. We’re probably gonna reject them anyway.

Maybe you even start thinking of what you could be doing with the time instead.

An uninterrupted afternoon is priceless, and I’m blowing it for, what?, a 10% chance of this working out?

You’re not wrong.

If you’re super selective at hiring, or even just average, the chances of any random interview working out—the chances of that person becoming your next teammate—are pretty low.

But there’s a huge paradox at work that you’re not seeing. Something you will realize, if you’ve ever hired someone you loved, is true.

Your future favorite colleague is hidden behind one of these interviews.

It’s worth preparing

It’s way more impactful than anything you do once onboarding

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