Hiring Advice

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The two required questions in our interview rubric for all @runwayco roles

good reminder to keep the bar really high.

Much of Silicon Valley is the reshuffling of uninspired, unremarkable individuals with one Great Brand on their resume, being recycled through tens of other Aspiring Great Brands. Do not outsource your talent evaluation to Brand identification, otherwise your company will suck.

Alexandr Wang twitter.com

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Quick tips for hiring remotely | Andreas Klinger

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Johanna

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Ted Glasnow

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Sam Blumenthal

Determine if they have a chip on their shoulder . Do they have something to prove? Where’s the hole they’re looking to fill? Ideally, you’d get someone with obvious talent/drive that is misunderstood by the world. Those types of people will run through walls to reconcile their internal view of themselves with external perception.

What you’re

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

Brandy Cerne

Hire Slow, Fire Fast

Greg McKeown hbr.org

Johanna

Using the collaborate before you commit approach empowers both the candidate and the person hiring, because they both have the agency to decide whether the situation feels right to them. Was there chemistry? Was there magic? Was it more awkward than you might have liked?

Yancey Strickler • Notes on hiring

sari

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

Yancey Strickler • Notes on hiring

ssari

reference checks are a great idea when hiring and this is a great set of questions.