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Taking the Dark Arts out of
Hiring for Culture Fit
 What is Culture Fit?
 How to evaluate for Fit
Dr. Natalie Baumgartner, Ph.D
RoundPegg Co-Founder & Chief Psychologist
Natalie is a Clinical Psychologist who has spent her career advising startups and Fortune
500 firms on company culture issues and specifically key hire assessment.
She serves on the American Psychological Assoc., Consulting Psychology Division board.
She's a passionate culture evangelist who believes culture fit can revolutionize how we
work.
 How software can ID Good Fits
 Customer Hiring Success Stories

2.
How do you evaluate Culture Fit today?
 Ask open-ended questions like,
“What if you won a million dollars in the lottery? ”
 Ask about their hobbies
 Have them meet the CEO
 Let the team take them to lunch
 Ask yourself, “Is this someone I would want
to have a beer with?”
 Go with your gut: He seems friendly
& easy to get along with. . .
Skills ✔
Experience✔
Culture Fit ?
How do you evaluate the intangible – whether someone will fit with the team?

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Skills ✔
Experience✔
Culture Fit ✔
Shared Values = Good Culture Fit
A good culture fit shares many of the
same values of the company and the
team.
A new hire who is a good Culture Fit will:
 On-board faster
 Perform at a higher level
 Stay
At RoundPegg, we believe that

4.
RoundPegg is based on robust
Organizational Psychology Research
Less Hocus Pocus, More Science
Person-Environment Fit
Key values shape the culture of an
organization; and the more shared
values are, the higher the level of
commitment, satisfaction &
performance.
An individual’s values
are the best predictor of
behavior on a daily
basis.
When it comes to evaluating Fit, we believe in

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• Achievement Oriented
• Tolerance
• Creating Order
• Opportunities for Professional Growth
• Taking Individual Responsibility
• Adaptability
• Praise for Good Performance
• Confronting Conflict Directly
• Creativity
• Not Being Constrained by Rules
• Autonomy
• Paying Attention to Details
• High Pay for Good Performance
• Being Competitive
• Risk Taking
• Seeking Input from Others
• Fairness
• Quickly Taking Advantage of
Opportunities
• Desiring a Well Defined Role
• Developing Friends at Work
• Being Pragmatic
• Stability
• Being Highly Organized
• Informality
• Being Team Oriented
• Rewarding Team Success
• Being Aggressive
• Being Different from Others
• High Performance Expectations
• Decisiveness
• Seeking Consensus
• Being Reflective
• Finding Compromise
• Sharing Information Freely
• Being Supportive
Research has identified these 36 Values that together are a good predictor
Research shows that an individual’s values are the best
predictor of day-to-day behavior

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Hire Great Culture Fits
Once you know what a candidate values,
you can predict how well they will fit the culture.
The #1 predictor that a new hire will
succeed in their new role:
> Their Fit with the company and the team.
At RoundPegg, we believe you can use data to

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Evaluate for Fit without software
Step 1: Determine Values your Company / Team considers
most important.
Step 2: Determine Values your Candidate considers most
important.
Step 3: Evaluate the degree of Values Alignment between
them (how many Values they have in common)
Step 4: Drill down into poor alignment areas with follow-up
questions
#1 predictor of a new hire’s success? Their Fit with the company & team.
How to Assess Candidates based on the 36 Key Values
Even if you don’t use RoundPegg, you can use Values data to

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Software improves your accuracy when assessing Fit
Use Technology to Predict Culture Fit
#1 predictor of a new hire’s success? Their Fit with the company & team.
 Leverage what Organizational Psychologists know
about evaluating individuals to predict Culture Fit.
 Aggregate & compute data at scale so you can get
more efficient with your time
 Weed out Low Fit candidates fast
 Give Recruiters & Hiring Managers access to all
Candidate Profiles & Fit Scores.

9.
7-minute RoundPegg Assessment
An Individual sorts the 36 Key Values based on importance to them

10.
Assessment Results Reveal Team Values
Top 5 Values - Engineering Team
#1 predictor of a new hire’s success? Their Fit with the company & team.
CultureDNA Profile
1. Not Being Constrained by Rules
2. High Pay for Good Performance
3. Seeking Input from Others
4. Creativity
5. Confronting Conflict Directly
When the Assessment has been completed by everyone

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Jake's Top Values Fit Score: 57
Being Team Oriented
Being Supportive
Risk Taking
Confronting Conflict Directly
High Pay for Good Performance
Monica's Top Values Fit Score: 79
Seeking Input from Others
Adaptability
High Pay for Good Performance
Creativity
Developing Friends at Work
“Fit Score” measures a candidate’s fit with
the team
Candidates being considered
Top 5 Values - Engineering Team
CultureDNA Profile
Not Being Constrained by Rules
High Pay for Good Performance
Seeking Input from Others
Creativity
Confronting Conflict Directly
Job Candidates take the same Assessment

12.
Ranks all 36 Values
Company
CultureDNA Profile
Once everyone in the company
has completed the Assessment,
you can see overall ranking of
values

13.
Hiring CandidateDashboard
Position: Sales Rep
 Sort by open position
 See all Candidate Fit Scores
a-at-glance
 Drill down to see the
Candidate’s complete
CultureDNA Profile
Candidate
Dashboard

14.
A Candidate’s
CultureDNA Profile
 See Fit Scores
 ID Value Variance areas
 Get customized interview
questions
CultureDNA Profile – Hiring Candidate
1. Being competitive
2. Share information freely Being
Team Oriented
3. Developing friends at work
4. Paying attention to detail
5. Taking individual responsibility
Thomas’s Top 5 Values
Compare
Full Results
Interview Guide

15.
Thomas Cross
New Hire OnboardingGuide
A New Hire’s Onboarding Guide

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Customer |
Founded in 2009, Makerbot was acquired in 2013 for $604 Million by StrataSys
“We used RoundPegg to get an idea of how a
candidate would fit the culture of our company –
and even the team they would join. We grew
from 25 to 500+ employees. It gave us a
predictor of how likely a new hire would fit our
established culture. Love it.”

17.
MakerBot's Top-Ranked Values
MakerBot's
CultureDNA Profile

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Customer |
Shared Top Values Makerbot wanted new hires to possess in
order to preserve their entrepreneurial culture:
 Creativity
 Paying Attention to Detail
 Opportunities for Professional Growth
 Adaptability
They made Good-Fit Hires as they grew from 97 to 525 employees
and they retained their original culture (Core Values relatively unchanged)

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Recruitment agency able to ID candidates who
share values of their Top Performers
“RoundPegg helped us define and articulate our own
culture. We realized we could scale our business and not
lose what had made us successful.
We value specific soft skills – like helping others as part of
a team instead of working in a vacuum. Culture fit was our
biggest hurdle to finding the right staff to help us grow.”
— Susie Hall, President, VitaminT, a division of Aquent

20.
New Hires hit the ground running
Results using RoundPegg
 15% Faster onboarding
 35% more profitable employees
Putting RoundPegg in place made a significant impact on Revenue &
improved ratio of gross profit to cost for over 16-months.

21.
You Can Start Making Better,
Data-driven Hires Fast
Week 1
 Meet your dedicated RoundPegg Culture Analyst
 Your Company (or a specific team) completes assessment
 See your comprehensive CultureDNA Profile that is the foundation of your
custom Hiring Profile.
Week 2
 Invite candidates take the Assessment
 You see their results and Fit Scores from your Hiring Dashboard.
Get a Free Team Pilot Account set up for you
Vince@RoundPegg.com
518-744-0809

22.
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