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BudVVeezer on May 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Interview Heuristics

Having "automatic dealbreakers" is a fantastic way to miss talent who don't subscribe to your personal preferences...

ap3 on May 15, 2012 [–]

Agree - but your going to miss talent anyway, right? He just reduces the pool of candidates quickly since he doesn't have time/bandwith for an exhaustive search.

I like his 'fail early' approach

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