I’m not quite sure what’s the takeaway here:
‘One conversation that stuck with me: I was telling Kevin how my two lead investors had both interviewed a key product hire for the company. One was positive and one was in the middle. Kevin said to always be “strong yes” or “strong no” if I could help it. I still hire according to this philosophy today.‘
Is the idea that you should ask for strictly binary yes/no feedback from interviewers, and only move forward if there’s a “strong yes” consensus from this process?
This dates back to similar advice from Joel Spolsky 25 years ago (v1 was posted in 2000).
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/10/25/the-guerrilla-guid...
As it was put to me over the years:
Have you ever regretted hiring someone who you were 100% sure on?
Have you ever regretted hiring someone you weren't 100% sure on?
Definitely or no, it's that binary sometimes.