Here is a sure-fire way to weed-out potential winners: base your judgement on some dumb interview questions or metrics. I have failed many interviews. But any

Here is a sure-fire way to weed-out potential winners: base your judgement on some dumb interview questions or metrics. I have failed many interviews. But anyone who I have ever worked for has praised the hell out of my work. Interviews have never been a good way of finding ideal candidates. The best way, IMHO: Give the interviewee one week's worth of work as an "internship". If they care about working for you, they will do it. It gives them a chance to prove themselves, and you a chance to really evaluate how well they can do the job.