Episode 88: The Hiring Filter You're Not Using: How Your Core Values Should Drive Every Interview
Episode 88
The Hiring Filter You're Not Using: How Your Core Values Should Drive Every Interview
Episode Summary
Hiring for culture fit sounds straightforward until you're sitting across from someone who looks great on paper, says all the right things, and something still feels off. That gut feeling is data — but only if your values are defined clearly enough to tell you what you're actually listening for. One bad culture fit can unravel a team fast, and it happens more often than it should.
Key Points:
Your core values are only useful in hiring if they're specific enough to write a behavioural interview question around — vague values can't screen for anything.
The gut feeling you get in an interview is often pattern recognition, not instinct — and a values-based framework gives you the language to understand what it's telling you.
Behavioural interview questions work because you're not evaluating the content of the answer — you're listening for how the candidate relates to your values, which is something most candidates don't even realize they're revealing.
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About Jacquie:
Jacquie is the founder of Leadership and Life by Kayric Inc, where she blends the best of teaching, leadership, and the occasional The West Wing reference to help non-profits and small business build strong leaders and healthy teams. Utilizing DISC and The Five Behaviours of a Cohesive team, combined with teaching knowledge and experience, Jacquie strives to empower leaders with the skills no one taught them and to create teams who want to work together.
Formerly a junior high teacher (who loves teenagers), Jacquie brings a decade of classroom wisdom, ten years corporate training experience, a growth mindset, and a sprinkle of mild rebellion to her dynamic approach.
In her free time, Jacquie channels her passion for community improvement by volunteering with school councils, serving on non-profit boards, and generally finding ways to make her corner of the world a better place. You can also find her on the side of a soccer pitch, at Remedy Café or in her scrapbook room.
