It wasn’t always pretty, but in fact hitting the gong fast is exactly what good screening is all about. Too many managers make the costly mistake of lingering with candidates who are a bad match. Some are simply avoiding confrontation. Others think, “If I have my colleagues Janet, Rick, and Charlotte interview this person, they’ll see something I don’t.” That might sound collegial, but you are just wasting everybody’s time. Better to miss out on a potential A Player than to waste precious hours on a borderline case that turns out to be a B or C Player.
