Why You Should Ask About a Candidate's Worst Boss

Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions · Jul 8, 2026 · 7m · transcript

Most interviews focus on what candidates did, not who they worked for. This episode argues that asking about someone's worst manager is one of the most revealing questions you can ask — it surfaces resilience, self-awareness, and how they handle conflict without putting them on the defensive. Lucas and Luna walk through real examples: the candidate who described a micromanager, the one who dodged the question entirely, and how a hiring manager at a mid-size tech firm cut bad hires by 30 percent after adding this single interview question. They also discuss the risk of candidates trashing…