Eric Schmidt on Hiring

On hiring “Glue People”

Glue people are incredibly nice people who sit at intersitial boundaries between groups and assist inactivity. They’re very loyal and people love them and you don’t need them at all.⊕ (Schmidt 2015, 30:00)

On hiring exceptional people

They wanted normal people who had done something exceptional.

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Don’t hire generic people – hire people who have some stress or achievement.⊕ (Schmidt 2015, 31:58)

On the number of interviews to do

They now aim for 5 interviews for engineers and 4 for non-engineers. They deliberately stop when they no longer get a strong signal.⊕ (Schmidt 2015, 35:00)