Hiring Advice

Navigate the world on their own terms. The best high potential youth are often unconventional in some ways. And if you’re looking for someone unconventional and high potential, they’ll often have a rationale for their unconventional approach. Ideally they can describe their weird path in an internally coherent way without being egotistical or

Tara Seshan • How to Hire Low Experience, High Potential People

Brandy Cerne

0/ The Chief of Staff role has reached a tipping point, from startups to trillion-dollar companies. I've talked to ~100 CEOs, from @NotionHQ, @Patreon, @blendlabsinc, @benchling and more, all asking same q: How should I hire a chief of staff? Here's what I tell them 🧵

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Kassen Qian

Hire Slow, Fire Fast

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Openness. You are not hiring a finished product, and therefore want to ensure the person is open to improvement and new ideas.

What to look for:
1. Coachability: This trait has two aspects: responding well to feedback, and being self-aware enough to assess their own performance.
2. Disagree and commit: Can they get out of their own ego and move

Tara Seshan • How to Hire Low Experience, High Potential People

Brandy Cerne

The job description Bezos wrote for his very first employee said, “You must have experience designing and building large and complex (yet maintainable) systems, and you should be able to do so in about one-third the time that most competent people think possible.

Colin Bryar • Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

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Interview Questions

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Kwan’s Hierarchy of Product Needs: The Four Levels of Product Managers | Heavybit

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Kassen Qian

2 Signs That You Will Become Wealthy One Day..

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Jordan Bester

An Hour on Early Stage Hiring

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