Tom Conrad
10 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 26, 2023 by Tom Conrad · across every show →
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Conrad: Interviewers should probe past candidate experience rather than current company problems
“I always encourage people, when they're thinking about their interview questions, to take any question that, that they're tempted to pull from their own current experience, you know, with the goal of trying to, like, how would this person solve this thing that…”
Nov 26, 2023
Conrad: People intuitively detect cultural mismatches in interviews but rationalize them away
“Every single time I've taken a job, Where it turned out that I was, you know, working with people who had a different set of, you know, values or working styles than I had. I knew, you know, and, you know, you tell yourself that, at least in my case, I tell my…”
Nov 26, 2023 neutral
Conrad: Dictating product outcomes is a mistake in smaller organizations
“I also think that it can be a mistake to be that kind of leader in a smaller org, because part of the opportunity of the small org is to, is, is to assemble A group of people that are incredibly talented that believe in your mission and who you can easily infl…”
Nov 26, 2023 positive
Nov 26, 2023 neutral
Conrad: Casual CEO feedback unintentionally derails employee priorities
“No matter how much you tell the team that when I swing by their virtual desk and say, you know, I've been thinking about this little detail. I thought important right now, but like, what do you think the, you know, it's like nine out of 10 times that person is…”
Dec 13, 2023
Conrad: Product iteration cannot rescue a fundamentally broken business equation
“Companies are also kind of like a, they're kind of a math problem that describes how you take, you know, investment and pour them into the equation and out the other side comes returns on some time horizon. And yes, There are variables in that equation that ar…”