# Groupthink: the hidden danger of hiring for fit

- **Episode:** [04](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/04.md) (2022-07-19)
- **Type:** other
- **Tags:** groupthink, hiring, dangers
- **Time:** 14:59–16:08 (start 899s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/04?t=899](https://truthliesandwork.com/04?t=899)

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[14:59] Al Elliott: Sorry, I had a mouthful of water then. Yep. And I think that's— I get the idea. I get culture now. I do. I used to think culture was all about, oh, you define it. You sit there in a room, you define it, and then you go out and you write it on the wall and everyone does it. And obviously, I can see that. Now, are there any circumstances where it is okay to recruit for culture fit?
[15:21] Leanne Elliott: Culture fit alone? No, it's not. To be an element within your decisions? Yes. And particularly as the recruitment process goes on. So, for example, if you've defined your job very clearly, you've done a thorough job analysis, you've understood your competencies, you've designed a recruitment process that reliably and validly measures those, you've assessed candidates against a set criteria, and you've got 2 candidates who are matched dead on marks, then you might think a bit more about culture fit, about values, about the alignment of the individual with the values of your organisation, perhaps. But even then, there's an argument to pick the person who doesn't fit your culture as much as you, you might think the other one does
[16:06] Al Elliott: Explain a bit more about that