TLDR: Select candidates heterogeneously, then give them all a very hard test, only continue with candidates that do very well (accept that you lose some good ones), then briefly judge on interviews/whatever.

I'm no expert but I've made some recommendations that turned out pretty well -- maybe like 5 ever. This post would probably be better if I waited 10 years to write it. Nonetheless, I think my method is far better than what most orgs/corps do. I have not seen a post on this subject on LW. If you have had mad hiring success (judging by what your org accomplished) then please comment!

Prereqs:

your org is trying to do a thing (rather than be a thing)
you want to succeed at that thing (ie you don't have some other secret goal)
your goal with hiring people is to do that thing [...]

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Outline:

(02:34) Do look at performance

(04:18) Accept noise

(05:25) Dont look at anything else (yet)

(07:46) Except that they work hard

(08:34) Conclusion

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First published:
August 28th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3AZkXwcCJZc5CAFQN/how-to-hire-somebody-better-than-yourself

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“How to hire somebody better than yourself ” by lukehmiles

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