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The High Growth Handbook
“The core principles, even when that came out several years ago, I still think hold true, so I like the High Growth Handbook.”
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Yeah. I think a lot of companies, recruiting owns the hiring goal. And I've yet to be in a company where recruiters are making hiring decisions.
“Yeah. I think a lot of companies, recruiting owns the hiring goal. And I've yet to be in a company where recruiters are making hiring decisions.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
02 / evaluation
Yeah, some of it's a little fundamental, which is research has shown that work samples are the highest predictor of success at a company, but yet most companies are still spending a lot of time doing one-to-one across the table assessments. And so I think we are famously known for doing long onsite experiences for some of our roles where they do a project and they get work to side by side.
“Yeah, some of it's a little fundamental, which is research has shown that work samples are the highest predictor of success at a company, but yet most companies are still spending a lot of time doing one-to-one across the table assessments. And so I think we are famously known for doing long onsite experiences for some of our roles where they do a project and they get work to side by side.”
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- Adam Ward
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- Lenny's Podcast
03 / evaluation
I mean, if you think about this impact that they're having, and I feel like there's a supply and demand crisis around really strategic recruiters because of the somewhat transactional nature we've made recruiting over time.
“I mean, if you think about this impact that they're having, and I feel like there's a supply and demand crisis around really strategic recruiters because of the somewhat transactional nature we've made recruiting over time.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
04 / evaluation
I think I was super early on Granola, and I love that they continue to innovate and really just great product decisions, easy to use.
“I think I was super early on Granola, and I love that they continue to innovate and really just great product decisions, easy to use.”
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05 / evaluation
One thing I learned is, at each place my team has looked different, because the company, how they think about recruiting or the product is different.
“One thing I learned is, at each place my team has looked different, because the company, how they think about recruiting or the product is different.”
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06 / evaluation
The mistake that most companies make is they'll say, "Hey, Lenny, who's the best product engineer you know?" That is the worst question you can ask.
“The mistake that most companies make is they'll say, "Hey, Lenny, who's the best product engineer you know?" That is the worst question you can ask.”
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07 / evaluation
" So you're trying to build this, hire someone who can also put in the right pieces to help scale out. And those are competing interests, because a person wants to come in and like just any new hire, they want to prove out, they want to make hires, but they might not put in the system.
“" So you're trying to build this, hire someone who can also put in the right pieces to help scale out. And those are competing interests, because a person wants to come in and like just any new hire, they want to prove out, they want to make hires, but they might not put in the system.”
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- Lenny's Podcast
08 / evaluation
And so talent density is actually a collective nature of individuals and humans. But we often, because you are recruiting one human at a time, I think sometimes we get overly focused on that specific 10Xer thing.
“And so talent density is actually a collective nature of individuals and humans. But we often, because you are recruiting one human at a time, I think sometimes we get overly focused on that specific 10Xer thing.”
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09 / evaluation
Because I think you almost see this squeezing together of engineer product design in some ways where we would love a designer who could actually be more of a design engineer.
“Because I think you almost see this squeezing together of engineer product design in some ways where we would love a designer who could actually be more of a design engineer.”
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- Lenny's Podcast