To Hire or not to Hire

Hiring is one of the most critical decisions a manager makes. No matter how objective our process of interviewing is, at the end of the day, there is a lot of gut feeling involved. As a manager, you should listen to your gut feelings.

I have a simple theory that the interview day is someone's best day at work. Candidates with a good common sense would try to do everything right. If they don't, they either don't have a good common sense, or they have a good common sense and still don't get things right. Take for example the person who comes in late for an interview and has no good reason to be late. If a person ends up late at the interview day, what are the chances the candidate will take the day to day job seriously?