This week's podcast: the secret sauce of sampling.

Today I’m channelling my inner grumpy old man.

We interview. We personality-test. We talk endlessly about “fit.” But we rarely ask candidates to actually do the work. Work samples — small, simple, real-world tests — are one of the strongest predictors of job success, and yet almost no one uses them.

But the lesson isn't really about that. I’m challenging habits- our own, and our following ours habits because that's what most people do. Why we interview the way we do. Why we trust data that feels scientific but isn’t. And why the secret sauce you’ve been missing might be as simple as saying:

“Show me how you’d actually do it.”

Curious? let's go.