"Bartlett, the founder and host of the popular podcast "The Diary of a CEO," said in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday that one of the best hires he has ever made was someone whose "CV was two lines" and whose "experience was zero." The candidate scored highly on the culture survey that Bartlett asks prospective employees to fill out when they apply to work at his companies, he wrote on LinkedIn."
"During the interview, the person acknowledged that she didn't know the answer to one of the questions, Bartlett said. Within hours, she had sent a follow-up email to Bartlett saying that she had taught herself the answer, he added. He also noticed that she thanked the security guard by name on her way into the office, and sent a thank-you note to everyone after the interview, Bartlett said."
"The lesson he learned from that experience was to "hire the thing that's hardest to teach." "You can train someone on your systems in a month. You can't train them to want to win, work hard, and be ambitious in a month," Bartlett said. After 15 years of hiring, Bartlett said he's learned that "culture fit and character is much harder to hire than experience, skills, or education.""
An entrepreneur hired a candidate with a two-line CV and no experience who became a top performer within six months. The candidate scored highly on a culture survey, acknowledged not knowing an interview answer but taught herself the solution and followed up, and showed courtesy by thanking staff and sending thank-you notes. The hire demonstrated ambition, work ethic, and cultural alignment that outpaced formal experience. The entrepreneur concluded that systems and skills can be trained quickly, while character, drive, and cultural fit are much harder to develop and should guide hiring choices.
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