Philip discusses his interview process for the Writing for Software Developers book here, and it’s one of those things that sounds table stakes, is relatively straightforward to execute on, and that so so so few businesses actually do:https://overcast.fm/+Z3RKk31Zc/19:06 …
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Specific example, on how to interview subjects, paraphrased: “Patrick has written over 500 essays. I read 200 of them. The worst thing to have in an interview is the questions the interviewee has been asked at every interview they’ve ever done.”
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That is a shockingly minority viewpoint among professional interviewers!
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I suspect “just caring more” is actually unsustainable for most combinations of (person, object), and that an important way for most people to become more productive is to find the object towards which they do sustainably just care more!
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I’ve made my career off “caring more” but I’m finding that this quarantine season has stressed that particular way of engaging past its breaking point. It’s hard to care about the same things when feeling unsafe and unsettled.
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I’ve seen this in my business. People are (rightly) a little skeptical of paying a stranger on the internet four or five figures for a service, so I talk to them for a bit on an intro call before they decide. They often say “I can tell you really care” when they hire me.
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Part of this is that I’m sort of brutally transparent and I try to overwhelm them with helpfulness. “How much can we improve my offer?” “I don’t know. In my experience, from what I know about your situation, somewhere between zero and
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