Hiring For Behaviours Over Experience: with Pree Sarkar

In this episode, Karen and Lachy discuss the importance of hiring for behavior rather than just skills or experience with Pree Sarkar, the founder and director of Switch Recruitment.

Pree explains that 46% of hires fail when they are hired just based on skills alone, and that hiring based on values is critical. He shares his experience of creating a value-based hiring process, which involves identifying non-negotiable values and creating an interview guide to score candidates on a scale of one to ten.

They also discuss how this process helps reduce bias and unify the hiring process. When we hire for values it creates a culture of shared values and reduces friction in the company.