Favorite comments from Fred Wilson’s Hiring Process Post
A bunch of comments from Fred Wilson’s great hiring post that jumped out at me…wanted to share them here. Really worth reading the whole post & full comment stream if you can though. I’ve given credit to people using whatever Disqus identity they are using.
- Don’t forget to ensure that every single person who applies for a position receives a timely notification that they are not being considered any longer for a position. - Carl J. Mistlebauer
- Most important people in the recruiting chain are the people you interview, even those you don’t hire. - awaldstein
- You have to explain the culture of the company to ensure fit —- you have to sell the culture of the company to ensure fit… Do you want an employee or a follower, a fanatic? JLM
- INTERVIEW IS TWO DIFFERENT AWESOMES IN COLLISION, LOOKING TO LOCK TOGETHER. - FAKE GRIMLOCK
- Your hiring process and practice says everything about your company… Knowing who you are as a company is a candidate filter for both sides. If you twist in the wind to accommodate, people will know and respect you less. Not that there’s no room for negotiation, but your values should define the boundaries. - gbattle
- ON RESUME, LIST REASONS LEFT EACH JOB. ME HIRED THAT GUY ON SPOT. - FAKE GRIMLOCK
- The “sore throat test”: After I interview someone, if my throat is sore, I know that the candidate did not do enough of the talking, meaning that I probably didn’t get to know him/her as well as I could have, and that he/she probably didn’t take advantage of the opportunity to persuade me. - davesnitty
- if it really isn’t a fit for us at the time however, i’ll put some energy into passing them on to another startup i know or if they’re leaving a big company for their first startup, i will definitely play matchmaker for them. thinking is, it’s better to have that person happily in the startup ecosystem, than burned by their job search and back at Big Co XYZ - reecepacheco
- Hard skills -> testing, always and always. They say they can code? Make then write code. Want to know if they can copy edit? Edit some copy! etc.- Daniel Chait
