Hiring Advice

here are some posts about online communities that I find very good for one reason or another (Not a full list, no particular order, mostly from the running list we keep at @capiche. screenshots in this thread are their quotes, not my notes) Please add to this... See more

austin petersmith twitter.com

Jordan Bester

People who don’t take themselves too seriously. They have to be able to laugh at themselves to succeed.

What to look for: This is usually very easy to assess, but look for someone unpretentious and a pleasure to be around.

What to ask: You know it when you see it.

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

Brandy Cerne

@mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you an expert in? What have you noticed recently that seemed broken? If you were going to build something just for fun, what would it be?

Paul Graham x.com

sari

Hazards of Hiring

Eric Sink ericsink.com

Johanna

Frameworks for Hiring

Erik Torenberg eriktorenberg.substack.com

sari

The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0)

Joel Spolsky joelonsoftware.com

Johanna

How to Scale: Lessons from Stripe CEO | Khosla

khoslaventures.com

Brie Wolfson

Finding Undiscovered Talent

joincolossus.com

Jay Matthews

Find out their wins above replacement. Through the stories they tell, look to see if the end result of the thing they did would have been significantly worse without their involvement. Try to separate their actions from those of their team or the circumstance. This quality should both highlight their talents and their sense of agency and

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

Brandy Cerne