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Hiring is one of the hardest parts of managing a team. A lot is riding on the initial meeting, and if you're nervous or ill-prepared -- or both -- it can make you do strange things. The following mistakes are all too common, but they're easy to avoid with some advance preparation.

First impressions are critical during the hiring process.

In fact, many executives said they form an opinion about hiring a candidate within 10 minutes ...