Today I was reading
this 10
questions to ask an interviewer to checkpoint my own hiring of candidates.
Often I talk to candidates about purpose of my projects and how the project may
be relevant for a candidate's experience. In some of the startup projects I had
done within my BIG company, I had to think about the elevator steps to climb to
ship the v1. In the context the funding in terms of number of heads and how the
product ships to customers are important. However for a startup the funding is
a more important area. I applied the same lens of purpose, funding, and
relevance to the 10 questions from Mashable. And here is the list to consider.
Mashable does a nice way of collecting the information from many folks in
startup to provide more depth. Thanks Mashable!
Purpose
Get to know the why
What
is one thing that must be done?
What
is the problem you are trying to solve?
What
are your founders' goals?
Funding
Get to know the feasibility
How
funded are you? What is your runway?
When
is your next financing round?
What
is your exit strategy?
What
is the sales strategy?
Relevance
Get to know the fit
How
does your product apply to my role?
What
is the focus for the next three months?
What
is the culture and environment like?
What
can I learn? What contribution can I make?
