Hiring Advice

The biggest difference in how I’m hiring the second time around: Indexing heavily on people who really, really want to work at a high growth startup If a candidate is deciding between us and a comfortable job at a big tech company, it’s already not a fit

Ankur Nagpal twitter.com

sari

What to look for when you’re hiring a Head of Growth at andrewchen

Andrew Chen andrewchen.com

Sam Blumenthal

How to interview product managers

Lenny Rachitsky lennysnewsletter.com

sari

Why and how we do work trials at Linear

Zoe Wellner linear.app

andrea

The #1 thing I look for when hiring people is FIO. "Figure It Out" You can get pretty damn far just by being: - Resourceful - Reliable - Results oriented

Tech Sales Guy x.com

Alara

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

Heavy Bit heavybit.com

Kassen Qian

Continuum | The Talent Marketplace For Exceptional Executives and Companies

joincontinuum.com

Sam Blumenthal

Hire people who give a shit.

Alexandr Wang alexw.substack.com

sari

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