Three
Questions of New
"1.
Will you admire this person?
2.
Will this person raise the average level of effectiveness of the group they're
entering?
3.
Along what dimensions might this person be a superstar?"- Jeff Bezos' criteria for Amazon's hiring
I was
reading an article today and came across these three questions. As a person who has interviewed many and
hired few, I immediately wanted to drill down into them. So let us do so.
The
first question is really asking if this person is worth admiring. Will this be a person that others will
respect and want to be more like. If
they can be admired then they can become a leader. This question strictly focuses on leadership
potential.
Second
question evaluates the person ability to improve the team. You can be a superstar but the team
sucks. If you can not improve the team
than you are never going to win the championship.
Last
question evaluates the uniqueness of the person. A team that is made up of many divergent
talents is stronger at solving problems than a team whose strengths are along a
single dimension. I have seen this and
written about it in a post story in which a team made up of different skill
sets solves a problem that no single individual could by themselves. Amazon is
looking for that outlier that brings a unique point of view to solving its
problems.
So
Amazon is really asking our question of the day.
Today's
question is:
"Are
you a unique team improving leader?"
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