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Why Most Interviews Fail And How To Fix Hiring Decisions with Jennifer Yugo
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- Good Morning, HR
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- May 7, 2026
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- 2125
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Summary
In episode 251, Coffey talks with Jennifer Yugo about why traditional interviews fail to identify top candidates and how competency-based, structured hiring improves outcomes. They discuss the ineffectiveness of unstructured interviews and reliance on intuition in hiring decisions; confirmation bias and overconfidence in manager-led candidate selection processes; building competency-based hiring frameworks grounded in real job performance data; differences between skills and competencies in evaluating candidate success; designing structured interviews with behavioral and situational questions; aligning hiring processes with organizational culture and values; leveraging applications and assessments to enhance candidate evaluation consistency; improving hiring manager adoption through usability and stakeholder involvement; measuring hiring success through turnover, efficiency, and process compliance metrics; balancing candidate experience with standardized hiring systems for fairness. For HR teams who discuss this podcast in their team meetings, we've created a discussion starter PDF to help guide your conversation. Download it here https://goodmorninghr.com/EP251 Good Morning, HR is brought to you by Imperative—Bulletproof Background Checks . For more information about our commitment to quality and excellent customer service, visit us at https://imperativeinfo.com . If you are an HRCI or SHRM-certified professional, this episode of Good Morning, HR has been pre-approved for half a recertification credit. To obtain the recertification information for this episode, visit https://goodmorninghr.com . About our Guest: Jennifer Yugo is a seasoned professional in building exceptional workplaces and business environments. With a 20-year career and her experience as Managing Dir…