The Leading Expert on Motivation-Based Interviewing:What is "motivation-based interviewing (or "MBI" for short)? It's a globally-used interviewing method that is simple, yet highly effective for hiring "High Performers." Traditional behavior-based interviewing training does an okay job teaching interviewers how to assess skills, but falls short when it comes to correctly assessing an candidate’s motivation. That’s a Big Deal! Why? Hiring decisions based on skill alone produce mixed hiring results because it takes more than just skill to succeed. Think of skill as being analogous to a car. Think of motivation as its fuel. A car without fuel runs great…but only going downhill. Employees with the skill to do the job, but not the self-motivation will not be High Performers. Said another way…they’re not good hires. Employee selection requires going beyond just skill assessment. Interviewers must also determine how much effort each candidate tends to put forth when the going gets tough. Is he or she a passionate, driven problem-solver or someone who complain and make excuses instead? Exposing how a person responds in the face of challenge is a powerful predictor of future job performance and success. Hiring a skilled but average job performer…is not good enough. MBI interviewer training equips recruiters and hiring managers with the ability to distinguish between incremental performance differences, and it’s this distinction that leads to more High Performers being hired.