Lian: Intuition should override resume credentials when evaluating job candidates
Linda Lian · 20VC: How To Deliver Feedback with Compassion and Clarity, WTF Are Values Really and How To Instill Them & Raising $50M+ From Index and Greylock but Remaining in Stealth for 12 Months with Linda Lian, Co-Founder & CEO @ CommonRoom · Apr 1, 2021 · at 26:33
Linda Lian, co-founder and CEO of Common Room, shares her decision-making heuristic for evaluating candidates when paper credentials conflict with gut feelings.
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“The example with the candidate that I'll give is someone who looks amazing and perfect on paper, but then when you talk to them, there's a whiff of ego, or there's just something that's not quite right about how they're Speaking about their experience, and there I'm always going to go with my intuition, because it's already taken into account the hard data, right?”
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