Brody: The biggest hiring mistake is failing to remove bad fits quickly
Jack Brody · Snap's VP of Product Jack Brody: The Future of AR; Snap Glasses; Evan Spiegel's Product Mind | E1006 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Apr 26, 2023 · at 41:26
Jack Brody, VP of Product at Snap, shares management heuristics on dealing with low performers and hiring mistakes.
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“I would say that the biggest mistake in hiring is actually not a mistake that leads you to hiring the wrong person. It's how you deal with the moments when you do hire the wrong person. Because, you know, interviewing is hard. It is not a perfect science. And we make mistakes. We all do. And, you know, I think sometimes the candidates make a mistake too. They think they want this job. Once they're there and they're working on it, they realize it's not a good fit for them for some reason, right? These things happen. So there's you know, this kind of Risk on both sides of the equation. And so it's never gonna be perfect. So the biggest mistake you can make is when you bring somebody on who's not a good fit, not dealing with that quickly. Because have somebody who's not performing or not getting up to speed quickly enough becomes an anchor for the entire team.”
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