Hiring like the best
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Learnings from interviewing with OpenAI, Cursor, Vercel, etc.
Hiring like the best · Fredrika Back Hiring like the best Learnings from interviewing with OpenAI, Cursor, Vercel, etc. I recently interviewed with OpenAI, Cursor, Vercel, and Midjourney (among others) and noticed all the things they do better than other companies. When I was a founder I certainly didn’t realize how big of a difference these things make for a candidate. None of these include having infinite money. Some of these sound obvious, like “moving fast”, but with concrete examples from these companies you’ll see that their “fast” is not the same as everyone else’s. Some might feel impo
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