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58 episodes on hiring, employer brand, culture, and building a company people actually want to work for.

Interviews 5 episodes
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Interviews March 9, 2026 15 min
Why Hypothetical Interview Questions Don't Work and What to Ask Instead
What would you do if a customer asked you for something you couldn't do? It's a reasonable question. And it tells you almost nothing. Because they're answering for a version of themselves that has never been tested by that situation.
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Interviews February 23, 2026 38 min
Interview Red Flags You Should Never Ignore
You see something in the interview and you ignore it because everything else seemed fine. Three months later you're living with the consequences of that decision. Red flags don't go away. They get more expensive.
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Interviews February 16, 2026 16 min
How to Get Past Vague and Rehearsed Answers in an Interview
They said all the right things in the interview. They said they were a hard worker, a great communicator, someone who takes ownership. And 90 days later, none of that matched who showed up. The problem was you had claims without proof.
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Interviews February 9, 2026 29 min
How to Create an Interview Experience So People Actually Open Up
Most interviews are stressful, stale, and feel like interrogations. So candidates perform. They rehearse their answers, manage their nerves, and show you their most polished version. And you make a hiring decision based on that. The way you run the interview determines whether you see the real person or the prepared one.
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Interviews January 26, 2026 27 min
The 3 Things Every Interview Must Reveal
Most interviews feel productive and still produce the wrong hire. You had a good conversation, they gave good answers, and 90 days later you're realizing none of that was the person you actually brought on board. The problem isn't the interview. It's what you were trying to find out.