The Standard
Field notes for
operators.
What we're learning about hiring, proof, and the work itself, written for the people who have to make the call, not the people who write about making it.
The real cost of a hire you can't verify
A bad hire is never a single line item. Here's the full bill, including the part nobody puts in the spreadsheet.
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Why we killed the five-round interview
Five conversations don't produce five times the signal. They produce one conversation, repeated, until everyone is tired enough to agree.
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The personality test is not an assessment
DISC, Myers-Briggs, the Predictive Index. Widely used, defensible-sounding, and not measuring what your hiring decision needs to know.
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What actually happens during Day One™
A walkthrough of the scenario that replaces the interview loop: the brief, the rubric, and how AI use is scored.
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Hire for AI fluency, not AI awareness
Everyone lists it on the resume now. Here's how to tell the difference between someone who uses these tools and someone who has heard of them.
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Chosen is a feeling. Seen is a record.
Most hiring processes are built to make people feel picked. Very few are built to make them feel understood, and the difference is structural, not emotional.
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