This is a pretty okay list of things to look for. It's hard to actually identify people who have these traits and people who are acting like they do during inte

This is a pretty okay list of things to look for. It's hard to actually identify people who have these traits and people who are acting like they do during interview. The much more difficult issue is retaining people after you've trained them. I worked at a company early in my career that hired a LOT of young people. Most of them failed. A handful every year had rapid growth and would quickly be promoted. But it was really common for folks to leave once they had acquired more skills. Basically they had become mid/high experience, high potential people in 2 years and someone else would almost always pay them more to go work for them.