Striving to hire staff who are the "perfect fit" can obscure misfit value
D. Goering, D., Kristof-Brown, A., Zhang, Q. & Li, C. S.
(24 December 2025)
Striving to hire staff who are the "perfect fit" can obscure misfit value.
LSE Business Review.
As competition for talent intensifies, organisations pour substantial resources searching for the “perfect fit” for their teams. Hiring processes wind through résumé screeners, assessments and multiple interview rounds, all aimed at finding the best match. Dan Goering, Christina Li, Qi Zhang and Amy Kristof-Brown ask whether expending all these resources is realistic, or even necessary?
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2025 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 19 Jan 2026 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/131019 |