That happens. As a hiring manager, you'll probably hire one once. You gotta manage your own workload to leave yourself enough time to circle back through their work, because inevitably, that's where the talkers are separated from the walkers.
>it would have been awful for what was then a tiny business with a very narrow runway.
I 100% understand that. Sometimes though, you just gotta hit the button. You can't be everywhere, so go with your gut, take small measured chances on people, keep the ones that help things, be prepared to part with the ones who don't, but always keep in mind that it's a human on the other side of the table, either way.
Business ain't worth losing your humanity for. But there's damn well people out there more than happy to do just that. I can't give you the secret to picking those types out. Experience, sadly, is the incomparable teacher in that department. Be prepared to land on your face a few times getting it.
I don't think I lost my humanity by asking people to demonstrate their skills and then ranking them by preference to be hired. If I did, I've done a wonderful job of hiding it from everyone around me and myself as well.
>it would have been awful for what was then a tiny business with a very narrow runway.
I 100% understand that. Sometimes though, you just gotta hit the button. You can't be everywhere, so go with your gut, take small measured chances on people, keep the ones that help things, be prepared to part with the ones who don't, but always keep in mind that it's a human on the other side of the table, either way.
Business ain't worth losing your humanity for. But there's damn well people out there more than happy to do just that. I can't give you the secret to picking those types out. Experience, sadly, is the incomparable teacher in that department. Be prepared to land on your face a few times getting it.