Because the relationship and compatibility between the new hire and the sponsor is critical for the new process to work, some precautions must be taken to reduce any personality conflicts. Sponsors will be chosen on their own merit and will be successful employees who demonstrate teaching and training skills. ASI also has a rigorous application process, which lasts several combined hours and requires the applicant to meet with everyone in the company. Because people work closely together, the candidate's personality is an important part of what is tested in the interview process and how the candidate is selected. This is to mitigate the risk of audit staff and employees not getting along and the team not “gelling”. However, it is possible that a trainee does not feel comfortable with the selected trainer or does not understand the sponsor and needs a different one to better suit their learning style. It is not a personal matter and the management will take action and observe the trainee in the first week of training to see which trainer is best suited for that particular new one