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1 Sept 2022 Conversations with Tyler Shruti Rajagopalan talks to Daniel Gross and Tyler about Identifying and Predicting Talent
“In fact, the way we’re supposed to interview now — not just supposed to, but do — is we’re to ask everyone the same questions, and we do. But that doesn’t matter.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 1 Sept 2022
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…How do you know how to screen for that? What’s the question you’re likely to ask at the AEA [American Economic Association] meetings that you know that someone is technically not unsound, but they’re also very interesting, and they can’t game it? Oh, I don’t think you have to ask questions. If they believe in stuff, they will ask you questions. [laughter] You just have to show up in the room. It’s one case where you don’t have to agonize over optimal interview questions. In fact, the way we’re supposed to interview now — not just supposed to, but do — is we’re to ask everyone the same questions, and we do. But that doesn’t matter. It’s not actually a handicap. It would be a handicap in almost any other situation. You can ask everyone the same questions, and it will just come out who believes in something. Daniel, at Pioneer, one of the things you have tried to do is gamify the experience. When it comes to gamification, do competitive games work better or do cooperative games work better to test for ambition and aspiration?…
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