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@samantha
Recruiting AMA! I was (and am) a tech recruiter for 4 years. I’ve scaled a company from 7-35 in a year and hired every founding functional role in a seed stage startup. :)
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Karo K
@serendipity
What is the biggest lesson you've learned in the past 4 years?
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@samantha
It's very hard to screen for crazy
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Ben
@benersing
Say more. Are you talking about true mental illness, or something else?
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@samantha
People are on their best behaviour before they get hired, but after you work with them for a while you see their true colours. Usually comes down to large ego issues or the “isms”, sexism, racism, ageism etc. which are not exactly overt, but they can rlly poison and break company culture
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