Hi Reader,

Great interviewers don't always make the best hire.

I learned that the expensive way, across more than 12,000 interviews and over 1,000 hires.

Here is the part that should stop you cold.

A study that tracked 20,000 new hires found 46% failed within 18 months (and 82% of the managers admitted they saw the warning signs in the interview and hired anyway).

So we rarely miss a thing. We just let our gut test for the wrong thing.

We naturally reward storytelling. The candidate with the cleanest story gets the offer, not the one who can actually do the work. Three months later we are scratching our heads wondering how we missed it.

There is a fix for this but it is not more interviews. It is better questions, and the follow-ups that break a rehearsed answer.

So I filmed a new video breaking down the 7 questions I use to test judgment instead of polish.

🎥 The 7 Interview Questions That Instantly Reveal Top Talent​

👉 Watch it here​

For each question, I give you the exact signal to listen for and the one follow-up that exposes the truth. A quick look at what is inside:

→ Ownership: the trade-off most candidates hide.
→ High-stakes calls: how they act when the information is never complete.
→ Raising the bar: the self-awareness that separates real leaders.
→ Calculated risk: the "kill switch" the reckless never mention.
→ Failing projects: the ego tell you can watch happen live.
→ Speed vs. quality: the model strong leaders actually use.
→ Spotting talent: the signal that predicts your next ten hires.

The whole thing comes down to one line:

Polish gets people hired. Judgment builds high performance teams.

👉 Watch the full video here before your next senior interview.

Here's to hiring smarter,
Konstanty Sliwowski
Founder, School of Hiring

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