Zachary Perret on Twitter: "Someone asked how we hire at Plaid recently, and it reminded me of some tenets we wrote early-on: - Slope is more important than Y-axis - Everyone owns the product - Hire for spikes, not lack of weakness - Have them teach you something interesting - Did they read the docs?" / Twitter
To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Messages Home Explore Notifications Messages Lists Bookmarks Twitter Blue Profile More Tweet Douglas Qian 钱钟理 @douglasqian Thread See new Tweets Conversation Zachary Perret @zachperret Someone asked how we hire at Plaid recently, and it reminded me of some tenets we wrote early-on: - Slope is more important than Y-axis - Everyone owns the product - Hire for spikes, not lack of weakness - Have them teach you something interesting - Did they read the docs? 5:51 PM · Nov 15, 2020 43 Retweets 8 Quotes 768 Likes 279 Bookmarks Tweet your reply! Reply Zachary Perret @zachperret · Nov 15, 2020 Also: The best interview question is "Why?" 2 48 Zachary Perret @zachperret · Nov 15, 2020 "Y-intercept" 1 1 28 Brian Kim @brianjckim · Nov 15, 2020 Any advice on how to gauge slope? 1 1 Zachary Perret @zachperret · Nov 15, 2020 Ask them about the most interesting thing they learned recently, and how they got interested in
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