{"id":10762,"date":"2016-04-13T08:23:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=10762"},"modified":"2022-10-19T04:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T04:56:04","slug":"proven-ways-to-identify-a-toxic-employee-in-a-job-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/proven-ways-to-identify-a-toxic-employee-in-a-job-interview","title":{"rendered":"5 Proven Ways to Identify A Toxic Employee In A Job Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you post that job advertisement<\/a><\/strong>, there are sure to be applicants that really stand out. Their credentials speak nothing but brilliance, and their skills also make them seem to be a perfect fit\u2014a potentially good addition to the team.<\/p>\n

Picture this: you give them a job offer, and they accept immediately. However, right when you think they\u2019re the employees from heaven that you\u2019ve always wanted, HR is flooded with complaints about the \u201cstar employees\u201d within a week, and the supervisors are tearing their hair out over the new hires. You mutter to yourself, \u201cWhere did I go wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Does this scene sound too familiar to you?<\/p>\n

Hiring top talent is always a priority, especially when filling in a vital vacancy in the team, but hiring a talented but toxic employee is a very real possibility if you\u2019re not careful. In the long run, hiring a single toxic employee might even cost you more than you spent recruiting them.<\/p>\n

A study by Cornerstone OnDemand<\/a><\/strong> revealed hiring a single toxic employee into a team of twenty workers costs approximately $12,800, whereas hiring a regular but competent employee costs an average of $4,000.<\/p>\n

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According to the same study, the presence of one bad apple can cause the team\u2019s entire performance to drop by 30-40%, which could eventually lead the others to leave their job. Worse, employees are 54% more likely to quit when they have to deal with a toxic coworker.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s quite difficult to know if an applicant will be a toxic employee in a formal interview. The red flags may be well under your nose; you just need to know how to crack the surface they\u2019re hiding from.<\/p>\n

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Here are some ways to spot a toxic employee during the job interview:<\/p>\n

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