The Ultimate Guide to Testing Job Candidates (feat. CIA, FBI, & Special Forces)

How can we tell the difference between someone speaking from genuine experience versus someone pretending to have done something? It's a question we've all faced, whether in interviews, team discussions, or leadership decisions. The answer is simple yet powerful: ask them how-and then ask them how two more times. Here's why this works. When someone has truly done something, they can describe the process in detail. Their responses are grounded in specifics, and their confidence grows as they explain. But when someone is pretending, their answers start to falter as the layers of questioning dig deeper. By the third how, their lack of experience becomes evident-they simply can't fake the depth of real knowledge. #shorts