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Ethan Evans: preference

14 Jan 2024 Lenny's Podcast Taking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon)

“I think my favorite interview question is, "Tell me about a time where you needed to disagree with your management, where you needed to stand up or fight for a position against higher leadership or people in power.”

— Ethan Evans

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Speaker
Ethan Evans
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preference
Recorded
14 Jan 2024
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

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…That's what your life was like, is what I'm hearing. Favorite interview question that you like to ask candidates? I think my favorite interview question is, "Tell me about a time where you needed to disagree with your management, where you needed to stand up or fight for a position against higher leadership or people in power. " Because I think that's really hard to do. I'm normally interviewing leaders, and I think having a bunch of people who just say yes isn't helpful. You need people to have, as you said, have backbone, disagree and commit. So that's what I'm normally looking for. Awesome. Is there favorite product you've recently discovered that you really love?…

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