recruiting
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 8, 2023 by Frank Slootman · across every show →
Everything said about recruiting, oldest first
Aug 8, 2023 positive
Evaluating candidates requires surrounding their employment history with internal backchannel references
“But the way to find out anything about people is to fully surround where that person has been, okay? And, you know, if they've been at Company A, you know, you go find out who in my company was at Company A while this person was there, and let's go, I'm gonna …”
Sep 16, 2025
Founders cannot recruit early rebel talent through a spokesperson
“There's a talent to recruiting the rebels, but you will never recruit them through a spokesperson, and you will never recruit them if you don't look them in the eye and tell them in the first person that you're going to keep your promises and you're going to d…”