Interview Questions
8+ Questions to Ask Paul Sanneman
Curated by PodPrepper's AI from real podcast prep sessions. Each question is scored on a viral-hook scale of 1-10. higher scores predict clip-worthy moments. Sample below; sign up free to generate the full brief for Paul Sanneman or any guest.
Sample questions
#1
9.0
Across 400-plus contractor clients, what's the single most expensive bad hire you've ever seen, and what specifically broke down in that hiring process?
General Questions
#2
9.0
Which business guru do you think is completely overrated?
Lightning Round
#3
9.0
After 40 years coaching contractors, what's the wildest excuse a candidate ever gave for not showing up to a job?
Lightning Round
#4
9.0
You claim a 94% success rate across 5,000 hires. Walk me through how you actually measure that and what happens with the other 6%.
General Questions
#5
9.0
What is the process you've used in order to make 5000 hires with a 94% success rate?
#6
9.0
You use a profiling template to match candidates to the right roles. Walk me through what it actually measures and how a listener with ten employees could build their own version this week.
#7
9.0
You've said 'I can't find good people' is always a leadership problem, not a labor-market problem. Walk me through the client engagement that proved that to you most dramatically.
#8
9.0
You distribute job openings across roughly 100 job boards simultaneously. What's the best source of leads people are sleeping on?
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