Spotting Toxic Employees in Job Interviews

The hiring research has long been clear that most new hires don’t fail for lack of skills; attitude is the overwhelming cause. Sometimes, attitude just means that an employee’s personality doesn’t fit a particular corporate culture. For example, social cultures are warm, collaborative, and lines are blurred between work relationships and friendships. But as nice as that sounds, only 31% of employees describe that as their ideal corporate culture.