It can be tricky to determine whether a new hire’s character is a good fit for your team. Ask questions that invite vulnerability and connection. Hiring well is one of a leader’s most important jobs.

A boss used a salt-and-pepper test during an interview and refused to hire a candidate who salted their food without tasting it first.

‘Tell your partner something that you like about them already,’ is precisely the 31 st question I ask this normally very casual guy over video chat. We’re two hours and 30 minutes into this call, road ...