Desire trumps other hiring criteria.
Most people spend their lives just going through the motions. They don't want to push themselves, they don't want to learn or improve. They say they want more out of their lives but they never take any actions.Then there are those who know what they want and are willing to do what it takes to achieve their goals. How do you identify them? You look for desire.
Not the frenzied "I need a job, any job, badly" kind of desire, but the desire to do exactly what it is I need somebody to do.
When I see desire in a candidate, it trumps everything else. I'm a big fan of people who feel like they have something to prove. They work harder than everyone else. They are more interested in learning and improving They outperform their peers.
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