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In this post, we share six questions you can use, in-person, to determine talent fit for the role. Using these questions, you will be able to infer important aspects of their behavior without having worked with them or observed them working before. Instead of a long-winded questionnaire— you can do this within 15 mins!
Today’s guest is Adam Lawrence, a serial founder and currently the COO @Bolt. Adam is a growth-oriented startup leader with unique insights about manufacturing luck, hiring and unlocking talent, and being uncompromising about excellence. Adam is low-key, humble, and a builder by nature. His insights are based on first-hand experiences in the startup world. Enjoy!
A friend of a friend happens to be looking to hire someone like you.
Your ex-boss decides to be an angel investor just as you choose to found a startup.
A relative happens to work for the key decision-maker at the very company you want to secure an enterprise contract with.
You successfully raise a round of funding, and an employee happens to know a team of talented, tight-knit engineers looking for a new company to work for—
— These serendipitous events can turn into great opportunities for everyone involved. However, unless someone activates their relationships and networks with clear intent, a lot of these brilliant opportunities can go by unrealized.
The opportunity: when you combine the right approach with modern-day technology, you can effectively activate your networks to reach people who would otherwise remain strangers.
