Don't Hire Anyone Without Me!: A Revolutionary Approach to Interviewing and Hiring the Best [Paperback]

Carol Quinn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002

This is the original book written about Motivation-Based Interviewing. It covers all the 'how-to' aspects of interviewing and assessing job applicants to determine if they will perform at the level of a High Performer...if hired.

Today's employers know that savvy job seekers are capable of Oscar(tm)-Winning performances during interviews. But how can they separate the real performers from the impostors? Here is a book that gives employers the ammunition they need to master the science of hiring truly productive people.

Learn how to avoid the most common pitfalls of hiring, such as making decisions based on skills alone, or making a hiring decision on a "gut feeling" about a candidate. Get simple ways to ask better questions and to understand what the applicant's answers are really telling you. This is a practical, how-to book that shows decision-makers how to incorporate "Motivation-Based Interviewing" into their hiring process quickly, affording them the opportunity to gain a significant edge on their competition. This revolutionary approach to interviewing is simple yet so effective it is destined to become commonplace in the business world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Career Press; 1 edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564145778
• ISBN-13: 978-1564145772
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,553,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Made a measurable difference, January 28, 2002

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This review is from: Don't Hire Anyone Without Me!: A Revolutionary Approach to Interviewing and Hiring the Best (Paperback)

This book made a difference for me. If you take the time to understand the simple principals the author presents, and apply them (not quite as easy as it sounds at first, but second nature after awhile), it will pay off. One of the BEST things I got out of it, though, is that I am a much better manager than I was before I read it, so it's not JUST for hiring. It's good for self-improvement as well.

I am responsible for screening and hiring people for both creative and technical positions, and the principals in the book applied equally regardless of job level or function. The last hire I found was the most difficult from the standpont of selection (I was lucky enough to have several very good candidates), but after evaluating each using what I learned, one rose to the top, and we hired her. She turned out far better that I expected. Coincidence? Maybe. Why mess with success, though?

It's a very quick read, and for the most part direct and to the point. I suggest you read it from front to back (don't skip chapters, as they build from one to the next), then keep it in your desk to use as a reference for awhile.

Basically, it deals with understanding how much control people perceive they have over their environment, where their true passions lie, and how that applies to the position. The author makes some very important points on how easy it is to make the mistake of assuming the person with the best skills is always the best for the job!!! That's what made the biggest difference in my approach.

This is really an oversimplification, but it gives you a little insight.

2.0 out of 5 stars Small text makes reading hard work, October 20, 2010

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This review is from: Don't Hire Anyone Without Me!: A Revolutionary Approach to Interviewing and Hiring the Best (Paperback)

This is written in very small text something which I always find makes for hard reading.

Normally with a subject matter like this I plough straight in and absorb the ideas & material.

With this book, I put it on the shelf with the idea I'll come back to it later!

This is one thing I really dislike and dont understand why publishers go to print with such small text.

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Avoiding Costly Mistakes, July 31, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Don't Hire Anyone Without Me!: A Revolutionary Approach to Interviewing and Hiring the Best (Paperback)

I wish I'd had this book available to me 12 years ago when I was a small business owner. I made several - very costly - hiring mistakes which I could have avoided if I had Quinn's guidance. Quinn teaches the reader to cut through the prospective employee's glossy shell, that persona created especially for the interview process. I understand that the interview subject wants to put his best foot forward during a hiring interview. But now, thanks to Quinn's book, I have the tools to determine the more realistic motivations of a potential hire. I've also used these principles to become a better negotiator and recommend this book as a companion to Quinn's second book "Have the Attitude".