Hiring Advice
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Hiring Advice
Have become a huge fan of @mattmochary 's idea of checking your energy level before and after chatting with someone, when deciding whether to work with them.
It seems a bit silly when you first hear about it, but over time it's become my #1 most important hiring heuristic.
Flo Crivellotwitter.comgreat heuristic for hiring
Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can't tell you whether someone will fit into a company's culture.
Howard Schultz • Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
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 🧵
nametwitter.com
- 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
Kwan’s Hierarchy of Product Needs: The Four Levels of Product Managers | Heavybit
Heavy Bitheavybit.com
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.