The list of five attributes are pretty obvious, but it can get lost in the shuffle when hiring deadlines are imminent. When the desire to find anyone to meet a deadline becomes more important, the quality of the candidate is always sacrificed and a backfill and or customer disappointment is the result.

…every company wants stellar employees who are impactful, high performers. Identifying those high performers, however, takes hard work in recruiting, screening resumes and interviewing.    

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/231383