Per Buck’s comment, I think identifying software engineering talent is a pretty different problem than identifying e.g. someone who is already a good fit for Open Phil generalist RA roles.
A large part of Wave’s engineer hiring process was aimed at assessing fit with the team & the mission (at least when I was there), which seems similar to part of the problem of hiring Open Phil RAs.
Nearly all of Open Phil’s RA hiring process is focused on assessing someone’s immediate fit for the kind of work we do (via the remote work tests), not (other types of) fit with the team and mission.
Not super clear on the distinction you’re drawing; I feel like a lot of “team fit” and “mission fit” flows from stuff like how similar the candidate’s epistemology & communication style are to the firm’s.
Seems like those sorts of things would also bear on a candidate’s immediate fit for the kind of work the firm does.
Per Buck’s comment, I think identifying software engineering talent is a pretty different problem than identifying e.g. someone who is already a good fit for Open Phil generalist RA roles.
A large part of Wave’s engineer hiring process was aimed at assessing fit with the team & the mission (at least when I was there), which seems similar to part of the problem of hiring Open Phil RAs.
Nearly all of Open Phil’s RA hiring process is focused on assessing someone’s immediate fit for the kind of work we do (via the remote work tests), not (other types of) fit with the team and mission.
Not super clear on the distinction you’re drawing; I feel like a lot of “team fit” and “mission fit” flows from stuff like how similar the candidate’s epistemology & communication style are to the firm’s.
Seems like those sorts of things would also bear on a candidate’s immediate fit for the kind of work the firm does.