Notes on hiring
Recruitment: The recruitment process offers a beautiful opportunity to help potential new hires explore in depth in what unique ways the organization’s purpose resonates (or doesn’t) with their own calling and longings. These can be wonderfully deep, sometimes moving conversations. And perhaps the candidate might, even before joining the organizati
... See moreFrederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
What criteria should be applied to people we hire, those we promote, and those we let go? What makes someone a good person versus a bad person? How should hard-to-resolve conflicts be handled at our organization? What’s your preferred form of communication and why? What enables you to deliver your best work? What stops you from it?
Rand Fishkin • Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World
How to Scale: Lessons from Stripe CEO | Khosla
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‘So what does that mean [in practice]? It means don’t rely on your own intuitive judgement alone; also rely on it, but empower people you trust, who have context, to participate in an interview process. So if there are two founders, each of you separately meet the person and everyone is licensed to veto. If you have a board member whom you trust, t
... See moreJames Silver • Upscale: What it takes to scale a startup. By the people who've done it.
When reviewing any candidate’s background, you must identify whether they have demonstrated themselves to be extraordinary in some way. The most obvious demonstration is outstanding performance within an outstanding peer group. If you’re less than excited to hire someone for a particular job, don’t do it. The two of you will probably make each othe
... See moreRay Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
The more I’ve done it, the more I realize that what most people think of as the hard parts of hiring—asking just the right question that catches the candidate off guard, defining the role correctly, assessing the person’s skills—are less important than a more basic task: how do you see someone, including yourself, clearly?
grahamduncan.blog • What's Going on Here, With This Human? - Graham Duncan Blog
Another set of meta questions reverses the tables. Try this one: “What criteria would you use for hiring?” Again, you are testing an individual’s understanding of the job, of him- or herself, and of the interview process itself.