Hiring Decision Quotes

When I interview someone, I know in the first two minutes if I like them or not. I find that if it's easy to talk to someone and I see an openness and honesty and integrity, then I usually hire them.

I remember when I interviewed at MSNBC, one of the first things they said to me was, 'In your tapes, you had a mustache, right?' I said, 'Yeah, I recently took it off.' I said, 'If you hire me, you get to decide if you want it or not.' They said, 'No, no, we're fine with it now.'

I can draw and write, and you'd be foolish not to hire me.

When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.

I hired Tina Fey for 'SNL,' which was certainly a good match. She took off right away there.

If he'd been English or Swedish, he'd have walked the England job.

I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.

[Sylvester] Stallone and I were in a meeting for Rocky Balboa. We were laughing about something, and he looks at my mouth and says to the casting director, "Wow, your lip even hooks down like mine does." Then he looked at the casting director and nodded, and I guess that was the nod of saying, "Hire this kid." So yeah, I have a really crooked mouth. They don't work, but I can feel everything.

When you hire someone, you are investing in them.

You chose us. Now we have to choose you.

When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies.

My third hire when I came to Spotify was Tiffany Kumar, who came on as our global head of songwriter relations. The whole idea was to put our heads together and figure out how to build and contribute within the songwriting community.

If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.

You must have a rationale for your candidacy.

The hiring of Phil Messina, the production designer, was a big decision. He's so gifted, and his ideas were always so smart and rooted in American history and architecture. Nothing feels like it's not us, or couldn't be us, and I think that's very important.

Mr. Steven Bochco is a very wise man. After a many-monthed nationwide search to find a precocious teenage doctor, he hired me.

I usually hire people who have very exemplary work experience. Where they went to school, or what degree they have, really has no play into the hiring decision.

I interviewed quite a few times and finally got a job with the Nationals. And I greatly appreciate it.

I've watched other directors as an actor and I picked up little things here and there about cameras, [but] I wouldn't consider myself the guy you'd want to hire to do Star Trek.

If I were FX, I wouldn't have hired me.

I know Reverend Jesse Jackson is controversial, and not a popular figure with many, but he hired me in 1984. He gave me my first job in politics.

We don't like to deal with people who are trying to kill the revolution. You need to hire a Republican!

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

If you're able to arrange a trial period with a new hire, do it. It will give both of you a chance to make sure the position is a good fit - and can help you avoid being in the awkward situation of wanting to fire someone three or four weeks in.

It was easy for me to show the films to the studio and the network and say, "This is who I'm hiring."