Effectiveness: Ambitious in their altruism, with a drive to do as much good as they can. Potential to be aligned with the central tenets of EA.
Potential: Excited to dedicate their career to doing good or to donate a significant portion of their income to charity
Open-mindedness: Open-minded and flexible, eager to update their beliefs in response to persuasive evidence
Enthusiasm: Willing and able to commit ~3-4 hours per weekFit: How good a fit are they with the fellowship format? Will they be good in discussions? Will they do good work for the Impact Challenge?”
I appreciate that you explicitly listed all the traits you were looking for in the applicants. We have done that more intuitively, but it’s very useful to make them explicit. These traits align well with my intuitions for what we also look for in applicants.
Thanks so much, Risto_Uuk, I really appreciate it. I agree that admissions are quite difficult and ultimately we relied on intuition to some extent as well, but I do believe that putting the criteria in explicit terms helps structure the process a bit. Another thing that helps is to be multiple people going through the list of candidates together. :)
Thank you for writing this summary!
I appreciate that you explicitly listed all the traits you were looking for in the applicants. We have done that more intuitively, but it’s very useful to make them explicit. These traits align well with my intuitions for what we also look for in applicants.
Thanks so much, Risto_Uuk, I really appreciate it. I agree that admissions are quite difficult and ultimately we relied on intuition to some extent as well, but I do believe that putting the criteria in explicit terms helps structure the process a bit. Another thing that helps is to be multiple people going through the list of candidates together. :)