Interviewing like a Unicorn: How Great Teams Hire
summary
Panel reports analyzing thousands of interviews show surprising specifics: surveyed candidates’ perceived vs actual performance shows no correlation, and one program receives 13,000 applications for 60 hires. Practical fixes include a short founder pre-call, a half-hour coffee session before on-site, standardized scorecards and calibrated scorecards, and post-interview surveys. Tools used: Interviewing.io style remote coding, Plum.io aptitude tests, and ATS like Greenhouse or Lever. Measure success by conversion at each stage and offer acceptance rates, not vague “improved experience.”
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- 0:00Start
- 5:23create transparency through the process
- 9:58survey people after each interview
- 19:05clarify the requirements
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