#Hiring Quotes

“In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.”

“Charlie [Munger] and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we focus on brains, passion and integrity.”

“We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.”

“Do your best at every job. Don't sleep! Success generates more success so be hungry for it. Hire good people with a passion for excellence.”

“If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win.”

“You need to have a collaborative hiring process.”

“The good music companies do an amazing thing. They have people who can pick the person that's gonna be successful out of 5,000 candidates. And there's not enough information to do that - it's an intuitive process.”

“If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.”

“Don't waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.”

“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”

“Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.' Wow! What a clever short cut.”

“Hire people more for their judgment than for their talents.”

“Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.”

“The biggest mistake, in general, I've made, is to put too much of a weighting on someone's talent and not enough on their personality. And I've made that mistake several times. I think it actually matters whether somebody has a good heart, it really does. I've made the mistake of thinking that it's sometimes just about the brain.”

“Microsoft has long hired based on IQ and "intellectual bandwidth."”

“The greatest thing you can do for your competition - hire poorly.”