Taste and Standards

Separating performance from culture fit prevents bias from hiding in vague hiring decisions.

Calibrated hiring standards prevent costly miscues between locking too early and drifting too late.

Most teams waste hiring feedback by never using it to fix their actual hiring standard.

Recalibrate your hiring bar as your company grows, not because the stage demands it.

Build rubrics on what candidates actually did, not where they worked.

Founders hire by unstated standards that live only in their heads, producing mismatched teams.