Sachit GuptaFounder, CreatorsMBA.com · Founder at CreatorsMBA.com

How to HIRE the RIGHT People? #shorts

20 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief exchange, Speaker B describes a largely intuition‑based hiring approach suited for companies that grant employees high autonomy. He rejects traditional résumé reviews, instead asking applicants to answer essay‑style questions that reveal their thinking patterns and worldview. By reading these responses, he relies on gut feeling to decide who advances. He also emphasizes the growing importance of referrals—trusting candidates vouched for by known contacts—as a key filter in such environments. The overall message frames hiring as more art than science, with personal judgment and network trust taking precedence over conventional metrics.

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If I create a hiring process, right, and we have like 100 people come in, we don't want to give almost like a test or something to like 100 people. Are there patterns or things to look for that inform who would work better?
It's definitely more art than science for me. I trust my intuition. I'm not sure that's a good idea for everyone, but I've been working in companies like this that give people a lot of autonomy. I've had business partners for decades now. And so for me, it's— I've just developed a sense of somebody. I look at how they show up. I don't look at resumes. That's one thing I do. I just Forget resumes. I don't even look at them. What I do is ask essay questions for somebody who wants to apply. That way I get to read how somebody thinks, right? And the questions are designed to kind of get me some, some clarity on how this person thinks and looks at the world. I find that's really useful. And then I go a lot of intuition just based on reading those about who to go further with. And then sometimes referrals, you know, just who do I know that knows somebody that they'd vouch for? I think those are more and more important in this kind of environment.