Top 10 Hiring Mistakes - #8 - Unprepared - Part 2

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Mike Auzenne

Management, Leadership, Strategy, Feedback, How-to, Skills, Advice, Development, Careers, Coaching, Business

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🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

If you want managing to be easier, learn to hire better. We've been saying it for two decades now. We normally put out positive guidance, about what to DO. In this series of casts, though, we address common misconceptions and mistakes most managers make when hiring. This guidance is about lack of preparation, which is an epidemic among managers. You can't be good at hiring if you're not good at preparation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Manager Tools.
0:02.4	This is Sarah.
0:03.8	And I'm Mark.
0:04.9	Today's podcast, top 10 hiring mistakes number eight, unprepared, part two of two.
0:11.8	This guidance answers these questions.
0:14.9	What are the most common mistakes in hiring?
0:16.9	By the way, there are a billion of them.
0:19.0	What preparation should I do before an interview?
0:21.9	And why is being unprepared, dangerous for an interview?
0:26.5	If you want answers to these questions and more, keep listening.
0:31.2	Are you working toward your next role?
0:33.7	If you're thinking about leadership, start building the skills that prepare you for advancement.
0:38.5	Manager Tools, effective manager conferences teach you how to build trust, demonstrate professionalism, and communicate like someone ready for responsibility.
0:49.2	Explore upcoming training at manager-dashtoos.com forward slash training.
0:56.0	Folks, it's completely okay for an interviewer to think during their preparation.
1:01.4	I want to like working with this person.
1:04.2	I want to like them.
1:05.0	I want to like them.
1:05.7	I want to enjoy them.
1:06.9	I want to have fun with them.
1:08.1	It is completely reasonable to assess whether or not you would enjoy working with them. I want to have fun with them. It is completely reasonable to assess whether or not you
1:13.6	would enjoy working with them when it comes to hiring them. But the idea of the criterion is wasted
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