Interviewing: Red Flags of Potential "Problem-Employee"

The best indicator of future performance in a job applicant, is their past performance.

There are many things a manager can do to screen potentially problematic employees. The following is a list red flags to watch for in the interviewing process and on applications, that could be indicators of future problematic behavior:

•    Frequent job changes
•     Marginal performer
•     Victim mentality – blames others
•     Is suspicious of other’s motives
•     Defensive
•     Angry
•     Defiant
•     Thinks employer “owes him”
•     Moral righteousness
•     Few friends or family ties
•     Unexplained gaps in employment
•     Holds grudges
•     Fantasizes about retaliation
•     Owns guns or weapons
•     History of violence
•     Violence in the family or extreme dysfunction

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