Cameron HeroldFounder of the COO Alliance & Invest In Your Leaders Training

Why I hired this candidate on the spot

12 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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Cameron Herold hired a candidate on the spot after learning he ran a 28:48 10K and placed sixth in the U.S. Olympic trials. Herold saw the athletic achievement as proof of goal-orientation and tenacity, qualities the company needed.

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I was hiring a guy one time and I'm interviewing this guy and I said, what do you do for fun? He goes, I run. I'm like, are you middle distance? He goes, yeah. I said, do you run 10K? And he goes, yeah. I go, what's your PB in the 10K? He goes, dude, I'm fast. I'm like, no, what is it? He goes, dude, I'm really fucking fast. His personal record in the 10K was 28 minutes and 48 seconds. And I go, dude, you're lying. He goes, no, I was 6th in the US Olympic trials. I'm like, you're fucking hired. When someone is 6th on the US Olympic trials, they're goal-oriented, they're tenacious, they don't give up. And he loved our vivid vision and he had the skills. You're hired.