Hiring Advice

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.

Elon Musk on remote work May 31, 2022 https://t.co/gTw1Bdh18h

Hiring a COO isn’t easy at the early-stage and is wrought with more danger than potential success. Make sure you take the time to understand if you are ready for this hire. When it is done right, the impact on you and the company is tremendous.

• How would you describe the candidate to someone who doesn’t know them?


• What is the context in which you know the candidate?


• How many people have you worked with in a similar context? How would you compare the candidate to those other people?


• If this person’s name comes up in your inbox, DMs, or they’re calling you, what do you feel? What do you expect

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