To hire the right people for the right job, first envision yourself in their performance review after a year on the job. How will you be evaluating them? What information will they have access to, to monitor their own performance? Top performers want to win, and they want to know how they will be evaluated. When you can share that level of information in the interview, you will always hire more effectively.
Are you surrounded by people who are hungry to win?
[...] Third, do you know exactly what your performance expectations are? [...]