Hiring Criteria Quotes

In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.

Employers have decided that having the breadth of knowledge that's associated with a four-year degree is often something they want to see in the people they give that job to.

Usually, I get hired because I'm tall.

There are 3 things I look for when I hire people. Are they smart? Do they get things done? Do I want to spend a lot of time around them?

I don't hire people who have to be told to be nice. I hire nice people.

I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. I've hired many people at very strange places.

Usually, you hire people that you think are wonderful.

Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience.

We're really critical with the process of who we hire. But when you put great people in position, that's how you avoid any missteps.

Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners.

We just want to make sure the best candidates get the attention they deserve.

Microsoft has long hired based on IQ and "intellectual bandwidth."

If you have a choice between qualifications and personal qualities when it comes to hiring people, go with personal qualities. You can teach them the job.

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of people they would hire.

I really value passion for the product above experience.

First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people.

Don’t hire senior staff without Federal experience.

Only hire people you want to have dinner with.

Few great men could pass personnel.

Your employee should have superior technical skills than you. If he doesn't, it means you have hired the wrong person.

When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody.

When hiring key employees, there are only two qualities to look for: judgement and taste. Almost everything else can be bought by the yard.

Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.

I won't hire someone or date a girl who has not worked in a restaurant, and that's the honest truth. I don't think you know how it is until you've worked in a restaurant.