This past week my colleague, Jim, and I interviewed our second candidate for a technology position in our company. Like the first candidate, there were some things we liked and some things we did not. Knowing that we may never find the “perfect” candidate, Jim said to me, “I wonder what our “n” number is?” When I asked him what he meant, he gave me a fascinating answer that I thought I would share with you. Square Root of “N” plus one. The interview research project from the 1950’s and 1960’s was likely devised by American mathematician Merrill Flood and [...]