Evidence receipt / evaluation
Published · transcript-backedPaige Costello: evaluation
9 Jul 2023 Lenny's Podcast How to ask the right questions, project confidence, and win over skeptics | Paige Costello (Asana, Intercom, Intuit)
“" Effectively, the question gets that, "When the product failed," When something about the team didn't work," just things that go wrong because that's what happens when you're doing this work, and evaluating people's mindset, and the way they talk about it, and the way they relate to evaluating the situation.”
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- Paige Costello
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- 9 Jul 2023
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…Okay. Next question. What's a favorite interview question that you like to ask candidates? The good news is I can tell you this and still keep asking it because the answer has always come up differently. So I like to ask, "Tell me about a time something went wrong. What was it? What did you do about it? Yada, yada. " Effectively, the question gets that, "When the product failed," When something about the team didn't work," just things that go wrong because that's what happens when you're doing this work, and evaluating people's mindset, and the way they talk about it, and the way they relate to evaluating the situation. I think it's a great question. Really tells you a lot about how people think and how they perceive themselves when things are not working well. What is a favorite product that you've recently discovered that you love?…
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