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Published · transcript-backedLauren Ipsen: evaluation
3 Nov 2022 Lenny's Podcast Lessons from one of the world’s top executive recruiters | Lauren Ipsen (Daversa Partners, General Catalyst)
“Outside of that, typically references are a standard. It is important to dig pretty deep and ask the hard questions.”
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- Lauren Ipsen
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- 3 Nov 2022
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…There's a couple things I want to touch on that I wasn't planning to touch on, but reference calls. You do a lot of them, I imagine. And I'm curious, do you have any tips for how to ask questions on a reference call where you actually get useful advice where it's not just, "Yes, I like them, they're great. Hire them"? Especially on references, provided references, I've only had two candidates where provided references have come back negative, which that's tough. Outside of that, typically references are a standard. It is important to dig pretty deep and ask the hard questions. What's the hard questions?…
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