If your corporate culture is collaborative and familial, it’s best not to hire loners who don’t work and play well with others.
If your culture is a good fit for self-reliant self-starters, don’t hire the friendly and collaborative person.
Fish are great at being fish, but terrible at climbing trees, and squirrels drown underwater. Some adaptation is healthy and appropriate, but don’t expect a shy introvert to adapt well to business development or a charismatic extrovert to adapt to solitary hours of number-crunching. It’s not going to be a good fit, so their time in that role has a shelf-life.
People get hired for what is on their resume, but many quit or are asked to leave because of interpersonal factors. You can work with most people in the short-term, but if you are looking to build a deep bench of experience in your firm, bring in people who are smart, willing to learn, and a good fit for the people and the culture you want to build up.
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