Hiring Advice

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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

An Hour on Early Stage Hiring

docs.google.com

sari

From Product Manager to Product Leader

Substack blog.mindthebeet.com

Tom So

Here’s Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest

Jeff Atwood review.firstround.com

Johanna

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

@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

How to Scale: Lessons from Stripe CEO | Khosla

khoslaventures.com

Brie Wolfson

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

sari

Conflict Avoidance is Dishonesty

Sarah Guo linkedin.com

Mo Shafieeha