No matter how careful and methodical you are in the interview process, you can’t expect to be right 100% of the time. In fact, trying too hard to be perfect can actually lead to corporate paralysis. At least, that’s what Alan Etterman of JDS Uniphase thinks. I have to agree. No matter how careful you are you will still make mistakes from time-to-time, and you shouldn’t get “paralysis of analysis.”

Nevertheless, I think the tendency for most entrepreneurs is to not be methodical enough and go too quickly through the hiring process. Slow down and  wait until the best candidate is revealed by a thorough and methodical process.

Etterman shares other useful tips, you should read the article. One in particular I liked was this:

I have two other rules I follow when I’m hiring: Hire people who do what you don’t like to do, and hire people who have passion for what they do. When I look at the good hires or the great hires, they are people that I hired who were smarter than me to start with or people who have surpassed my ability in a specific area.

I definitely agree with him on these two tips. There are many areas in business and technology where I do not excel, but I recognize that these are important skills or categories where a successful venture needs talent, leadership, and dutiful attention applied consistently. For example, if you are not an organized person, try to look for people with strong organizational skills.