One Question Chamath Asks During Every Job Interview
00:00:00.000 | I've interviewed thousands of people, I think,
00:00:01.800 | over my career for all the companies that I've been involved in,
00:00:04.960 | whether it's been building Facebook or investing in companies like Slack or Grok.
00:00:09.360 | There's one question that I always go to that I think is
00:00:13.080 | the most predictive of your ability to contribute in a company.
00:00:16.440 | I say, take a few minutes to think about something that you are an absolute expert in,
00:00:22.200 | and it does not matter what it is.
00:00:24.480 | It could be how to play the French horn because you're a musician.
00:00:27.840 | It could be how to play poker or how to play chess, and then explain it to me.
00:00:31.360 | What I'm trying to figure out in those few minutes is,
00:00:33.560 | do you have a very clear mind?
00:00:35.000 | Can you simplify the complex and abstract,
00:00:37.640 | and then can you communicate that to me?
00:00:39.520 | That's a huge filter in the people that are like coached and trained and
00:00:43.240 | robotic versus the people that can really think on their feet.
00:00:45.800 | What you're testing is their mastery and their ability to communicate,
00:00:49.400 | and their ability to simplify complex things that you
00:00:52.040 | can use to get somebody else on the same page with you.
00:00:55.040 | That's a very powerful skill inside of a company.