Summary: Hiring and having difficulties finding initiative and other traits. Keep these factors in mind for a more successful interview.

Been having some interesting conversations with people who are hiring. The major complaint? Finding people with the right work ethic or attitude. They hire folks who have the skills and once they start working – the lack of initiative and work ethic seem to disappear. As you can imagine, this can lead to a very interesting discussion.

Let’s skip straight to the best way to tackle this…to find out before someone starts working for you about how they will behave on the job. This is why three interview process is critical. Here are the factors you need to keep in mind:

Clear Understanding. Know what it is you are looking for in a future employee. Not only skills, add into the mix personality.

Questions. Determine ahead of time the questions you will ask to asses the skills and traits a person has, if you leave it up to chance. Getting good results will also be up to chance.

Listen. Too often when we hear an answer we are looking for, we stop listening. Keep listening until the person has finished talking.

Too often when interviewing we focus on skills to the point of forgetting this person will be part of your team and needs to work with the others in the team.

That type of questions do you ask during an interview?