Hire people who give a shit. - Rational in the Fullness of Time
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A simple formula for success
Hire people who give a shit. A simple formula for success Alexandr Wang Nov 26, 2020 1,299 119 Share At Scale , we’ve hired more than 200 people. For a long time, I interviewed everyone we gave an offer to. I wrote this memo to the company more than a year ago before a period where we grew the team significantly (from roughly 75 to 150), and I wanted to share it with the broader community because I don’t think people do this enough. Over time interviewing, I’ve found that I mainly screen for one key thing: giving a shit. To be more specific, there’s actually two things to screen for: they give
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