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Why do so many promising job candidates turn out to be disappointing employees? Learn how to consistently hire the right people at the right time for the right roles.

Every manager and human resources department has experienced a candidate whom they viewed as promising individuals full of potential turning out to be underwhelming employees. Employment expert Paul Falcone supplies the tools you need to land top talent.

What is the applicant’s motivation for changing jobs? Do they consistently show initiative? The third edition of this practical guide book is packed with interview questions to possibly ask candidates, each designed to reveal the real person sitting across the table.

In 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire, Falcone shares strategic questions that uncover the qualities and key criteria you seek in your next hire, including:

• Achievement-anchored questions
• Questions that qauge likeability and fit
• Pressure-cooker questions
• Holistic questions that invite self-assessment
• Questions tailed to sales, mid-level, or senior management positions

Complete with guidelines for analyzing answers, asking follow-up questions, checking references, and making winning offers, 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire covers the interviewing and hiring process from beginning to end, leaving no stone unturned.

Paul Falcone is principal of Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting, LLC, specializing in management and leadership training, executive coaching, international keynote speaking, and facilitating corporate offsite retreats. He is the former CHRO of Nickelodeon Animation Studios and has held senior-level HR positions with Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, and City of Hope. He has extensive experience in entertainment, healthcare/biotech, and financial services, including in international, nonprofit, and union environments.

Paul is the author of seventeen books, many of which have been ranked as #1 Amazon bestsellers in the categories of human resources management, business and organizational learning, labor and employment law, business mentoring and coaching, business conflict resolution and mediation, communication in management, and business decision-making and problem-solving. His books have been translated into Chinese, Hindi, Russian, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Turkish and have sold in excess of 750,000 copies worldwide.

Paul is a certified executive coach through the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching program, a long-term columnist for SHRM.org and HR Magazine, an adjunct faculty member in UCLA Extension’s School of Business and Management, and a member of the board of directors of the American Management Association. He is an accomplished keynote presenter, in-house trainer, and webinar facilitator in the areas of hiring, talent and performance management, leadership development, workplace ethics, and effective leadership communication.