Mlynsky: Never hire candidates you would not want coffee with
Yossi Mlynsky · The 'Coffee Test' That Filters Bad Hires Every Time · Aug 10, 2021 · at 17:08
Upstack founder Yossi Mlynsky shares his core vetting rule, the 'coffee test', for assessing cultural fit and communication skills.
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“When you're interviewing them, what I'm looking for in my number one rule, I suppose is really my only real secret source of everything that I've been doing at Upstack, you know, for over five years, you know, is really, you need to basically want to go for a coffee with this person. It's like, look, they don't need to be your best friend. They're not your soulmate. They're not your partner, but they need to be someone that you would hang out with, go out for a coffee with, and you'd be able to discuss with them freely.”
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