STOP HIRING FOR EXPERTISE: HOW TO RECRUIT A-PLAYERS

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

A polished resume from Google often can't ship anything at your startup. That's because you hired an expert, not a builder. The hiring framework that actually works: evaluate drive first, then potential, then expertise. Drive is the internal engine you can't coach or install. Potential is how fast someone climbs. Expertise only matters after the first two spike. To test for drive, don't even look at the résumé before the interview: ask what they've obsessed over, when the hardest they've ever worked was, and why. If someone has never been deeply consumed by anything, they won't suddenly become consumed by your company.