Essential and Favorite Questions for your First Employee

[Tanner Gish]

@Brandon Turner @ben leybovich,

@sam craven 

@bill syrios 

Hello BP Friends,

  I'd love to tag others, but for some reason, I don't think I'm operating the tagging feature correctly, so I'll just roll with my question:

-What are the ESSENTIAL questions you ask, when interviewing candidates to be your employees?

-What are your favorite questions to ask during an interview for a new employee (i.e. questions that give you great feedback regarding their character, work ethic, integrity, really test to see if they are a "go-getter," (the way, Brandon, you've tested some applicants by requesting they only fax resumes in), that their personality is a fit for you and your team, etc)?

 Some more context: My partner and I are about to start conducting interviews for our first employee: a boots on the ground acquisitions assistant (we are in CA, properties are in OH). Because I've had difficulty getting my two contractors I normally use out to look at the volume of properties I'm interested in, at a speed that is appropriate, I need someone who can take my Google Form Property Inspection Report and walk the property, take the necessary video/pictures, and complete the form, so I have an idea of what the Scope of Work should be. Eventually, I might move them into showing properties to tenants, and moving away from 3rd party property mgmt to in house, and this would be my boots on the ground person.

 I've been a bank branch manager for several years, and conducted a number of interviews. And... I always have things to learn!

 Looking forward to the wisdom!

-Tanner

PS- please tag others who are great at building teams.