case study

5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 22, 2021 by Casey Winters · across every show →

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Sep 22, 2021 negative
Insight
Casey Winters: Refusing interview case studies signals poor fit for startup roles
“Interviews should be for both sides, right? If I feel like that case study is beneath me, that's a problem. That means I'm probably not a good fit for the job right now, and you should be hiring someone more junior, right?”
Casey Winters Sep 22, 2021 ▶ 21:53 Welcome 20Growth: How To Hire a Head of Growth? What are Signs of World-Class Talent? How To Structure the Process? How To Onboard Growth Teams? The Relationship Between Head of Growth and CEO and more with Casey Winters, Chief Product Officer @ Eventbrit
Aug 10, 2022
Insight
Interviewers should intentionally challenge growth candidates' case study proposals
“Within the questioning, what I would do is I would actually counter and say, I think one of these experiments is much, much better. And these are the reasons to see if they actually have a strong point of view, to see if they're not scared to actually say, hey…”
Kieran Flanagan Aug 10, 2022 ▶ 18:39 Kieran Flanagan: Hiring Tips for Growth; North Star Metrics; Hubspot's Mistake | 20VC #916 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 26, 2023
Insight
Batchu: Case study interviews should be required for growth roles at all levels
“I'm a big believer in doing a little bit of homework or a case study type of thing. And it works at, I think fundamentally you should do it for all levels. People often think about it as like something that you do for potentially a more junior candidate.”
Sri Batchu Jul 26, 2023 ▶ 22:09 Sri Batchu: Biggest Growth Lesson from Instacart & Opendoor; 70% of Experiments Should Fail | E1040 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 26, 2023
Insight
Batchu: Case study interviews should avoid asymmetric information
“You either pick something that, you know, is about a third company or you pick a problem at your company that's relatively new to you that you haven't worked out yet. And give them the context to see how they think about it.”
Sri Batchu Jul 26, 2023 ▶ 22:42 Sri Batchu: Biggest Growth Lesson from Instacart & Opendoor; 70% of Experiments Should Fail | E1040 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 10, 2024 negative
Opinion
Larry Shurtz: A 45-minute interview reveals candidate mindset better than case studies
“There is a lot of value sometimes out of the case study, but for me, the case study gets to what is your mindset and your thought process. It gets to the what and the how. And I don't know, like, I feel like I can get that out of talking to you for 45 minutes.”
Larry Shurtz May 10, 2024 ▶ 19:41 Larry Shurtz: How to Hire, Train & Retain the Best Vertical Teams | E1151 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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