[ruraltechnocrat]

Hiring is very difficult. I think looking at a prospective hire with the same lens you'd use to review them is helpful.

So you're trying to understand how this perform as:

1. Employee - are they capable (motivation + skill) of doing a good job across the dimensions of quality and speed?

2. Owner - are they the kind of person who can display ownership of an area? This can be demonstrated by outside activities/projects they worked on, or ways they made their former work environment better/more efficient

3. Teammate - are they going to be a good teammate, a nice person, and collaborate well with others?

If you see red flags in any of these areas, probably not a good hire. If you see excellence in these, probably a great hire.