Hiring Process
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Walling: Hiring from your network still requires a formal interview process
“I like hiring out of your network, I just think you want the officialness of it, because as you said, otherwise you don't exactly know what you're getting, and maybe you're doing the candidate a disservice a bit.”
Trusted Referrals Are the Only Hiring Method That Actually Works
“Hiring is a terrible process. I mean, I know you ask a ton of questions of what do you look for? What do you look for? And I know that honestly, I can say all I want, It's useless. At the end of it, you, it's easiest when they work with you or you ask referral…”
Weisbrot: Reject startup applicants who cannot follow instructions despite out-of-box thinking
“Bottom line is if we're trying to hire a, for a position and there's 500 applicants, the ones that don't know how to follow instructions are not going to be the ones That I'm going to want to work with, even if they have or don't have the ability to think outs…”
Schmidt: Using AI to infer candidate demographics is a massive mistake
“It should not be making decisions, particularly in the hiring process based on those types of things, right? It should not say, oh, this text feels like it was written by someone who identifies as a female, right? Like if it starts to introduce those sorts of …”
Figma VP rejects any candidate who criticizes their former boss
“If any candidate ever gives negative feedback on their prior companies, or their prior boss, immediate red flag. And it's something that would mean that I'd discount them from the hiring process.”
Beck: Evaluate Candidates Objectively by Using Identical Interview Processes
“Putting everyone through an identical process is really really necessary not only to do to do your due diligence and make sure that you're hiring the right person but also to make sure that you are being objective and fair in how you are evaluating your candid…”