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Patrick Lencioni shares three practical interviewing tips to help leaders make better hiring decisions.

Most leaders think they can spot a great hire in a one-hour interview. Patrick Lencioni believes that's one of the biggest mistakes organisations make. In this clip from the ScaleX Insider podcast, Patrick shares three practical interviewing tips that reveal whether a candidate is truly humble, hungry, and smart before you make the wrong hiring decision. Drawing from decades of leadership experience, Patrick explains why traditional interviews rarely uncover a person's true character. Instead, he shares three powerful interviewing tips that help leaders hire with greater confidence. First, take candidates out of the office and observe how they behave in unfamiliar situations. Second, keep asking the same questions until you move beyond rehearsed answers and uncover what someone is really like. Finally, be completely honest about your culture by "scaring people with sincerity," giving candidates the opportunity to opt in or out before either side makes the wrong decision. Brendan reflects on why these simple hiring principles can dramatically improve recruitment and help leaders build stronger, values-driven teams. 00:00 Why most interviews don't work 01:45 Interviewing Tips that…

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Host: Brendan McGurgan

Guest: Patrick Lencioni

Topics covered

• interviewing tips
• hiring decisions
• leadership
• organizational culture
• candidate evaluation

Keywords

• interviewing
• hiring
• leadership
• candidate evaluation
• organizational culture
• humble
• hungry
• smart

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ScaleX Elevate, ScaleX Accelerator

Books & works: The Ideal Team Player, Simple Scaling: 10 Proven Principles to 10x Your Business

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