Founder Founder Bias #002

Negatives when hiring

We have a natural bias to search for contrast and dismiss on negatives. I’ve noticed this myself, I would dismiss great candidates (both hiring, and co-founder matching) because there were small things that bothered me.

This gets worse when you have many candidates to choose from. So, focus on strengths and flag problems for later (unless they’re hard requirements, e.g. location or skills profile).

A result of this is also that you will favour profiles with less information. The less information there is, the fewer negatives you will find.