Imagine you’re hiring for a senior sales position and as part of your hiring process, you have candidates take a self-report assessment to get a better feel for their sales competencies and people skills. You have the assessment results for two candidates in front of you: one candidate has many strengths that are important to the role, but they also have some weaknesses that should be considered. The second candidate has scored off the charts on every scale measured, they seem almost too good to be true.
Who’s the stronger candidate? Who’s telling the truth?