Building a real estate dream team that allows you to achieve a healthy balance between work and your personal life is no easy task. While finding and connecting with these "cream of the crop" candidates who can handle a high level of teamwork is definitely a big step in the right direction, it's only half the battle.

In our first article in this series, we highlighted 4 tips for recruiting top talent that Linda McKissack shared during her Secrets of Top Selling Agents webinar, "Leverage Your Business Through Systems, Tools and People."

Once you've piqued their interest about joining your team, it's important that you get to know these potential team members in order to determine if they complement the values and goals that you have set for your business. To do this, there are a few steps that McKissack stresses are of the utmost importance during the interview process. Here are the final 4 tips for building your very own real estate dream team!

5. Get A Background Story

According to McKissack, interviews should be used to uncover a person's background story, rather than asking what they can do for your company.

She says this can be done in three steps. The first is to have them tell you a little about themselves. Get an explanation of what motivates them, what their career goals are, and have them highlight any skills they are particularly proud of. Remember that "talent knows what it wants or is searching to know," so the next step is to explain your story. Share information like how you have worked your way to becoming a business owner, or your ideas for the future of the business. If they like what you have to say, it may inspire them to join your team with the hopes of reaching the same success in their own careers. The final step is to explain the story of your company and give a tour in order to give them a better understanding of what it's like to be a part of your team.