Growth Candidate
topic on 2 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
5 statements about Growth Candidate, every show
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.”
Give growth candidates pre-built models to test difficult trade-offs
“The reason I like to give them the data beforehand, and the reason I tell founders that it's cool to give them the model beforehand, because if they were just picking, doing the model themselves, that they can't really challenge themselves. It's kind of like b…”
Widjaja: Live case studies do not work well for growth interviews
“I don't think live works really well for these case studies. Like I want to see people put in the time and the work to do something to the best of their ability.”
Interview growth candidates by having them tear down neutral third-party apps
“It's important not to be biased by your own knowledge, so it's better to look at someone else's app, and then have them do, like, a breakdown”
Growth candidates relying on platitudes over first principles are red flags
“I think it's, I'd say red flags to me tend to be just a lot of platitudes and not, they can't really give specifics as to why. So when you ask like, okay, you said this, you said our business is, is weak in this area. Why? Like what makes you think about that?…”