Ditto to all the above. Even though I haven’t hired a lot- in my mind I treat each new encounter as a first date. We are both strangers after all and we both are trying to make good impressions. Be polite, respectful, friendly and be clean (and douched ) Another thing I notice beforehand, is how someone texts. I notice the style of how the provider writes. For example, if all the provider writes are one worded texts to every question (ie “yea, na, nope, IDK, K “etc) it’s an automatic no go.