Hiring Mistake #1: Hiring Tools, Not People
November 1st, 2004
As part of an interview, a reporter asked me what the single biggest mistake managers make when hiring. Unfortunately, I see three common mistakes:
- Hiring based on a tools checklist (some number of years of Java or WinRunner or some other tool) as opposed to hiring someone who can adapt his/her knowledge to the products at hand. This is the biggest one I see.
- Hiring for the future instead of the present. (I see this one almost as much.) Hiring someone who the manager thinks will have the skills to grow into a new/different role in the future. This is different from hiring to create the future.
- Not considering how a new hire will fit into (or not!) the team. People are not just a collection of technical skills. If they can
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