I talked to one person in a CE talk in Israel, someone with at least 5 years of professional experience (in some technical role in the IDF), who said he won’t apply because CE seems to have so many candidates already which are probably already really good
I saw an application form [related to CE but not CE] which was very long and had personality-test kind of questions. I don’t know if CE has these, but I do know that this affects candidates who are thinking of applying to a company (since I talk to lots of candidates)
I’m now (finally) doing a round of user interviews to understand what influences people to apply or not apply. If you know of anyone who you would consider a very talented potential founder that has decided not to apply, I’d love to connect with them to understand their thinking. (I won’t try to change their mind, just understand their reasons.)
And also, I think asking these people (who are probably busy doing some important project) to email you is going to be high friction. I tried (I posted your request in the EA Israel Slack) but I’m also sharing my expectation of a problem.
I’m now (finally) doing a round of user interviews to understand what influences people to apply or not apply. If you know of anyone who you would consider a very talented potential founder that has decided not to apply, I’d love to connect with them to understand their thinking. (I won’t try to change their mind, just understand their reasons.)
I know of ~3 people who’ve applied or are applying, and expect there to be more I don’t know of :)
We would love to do user interviews with people who don’t apply.
How might we find these people and encourage them to tell us what’s holding them back or what’s off putting?
Steve@charityentrepreneurship.com
I only have small hints:
I talked to one person in a CE talk in Israel, someone with at least 5 years of professional experience (in some technical role in the IDF), who said he won’t apply because CE seems to have so many candidates already which are probably already really good
I saw an application form [related to CE but not CE] which was very long and had personality-test kind of questions. I don’t know if CE has these, but I do know that this affects candidates who are thinking of applying to a company (since I talk to lots of candidates)
I notice none of these are in Ula’s list.
If I happen to discover more of these I’ll happily tell you, but I don’t think you should count on me, most of my focus is elsewhere
Hi there
I’m now (finally) doing a round of user interviews to understand what influences people to apply or not apply. If you know of anyone who you would consider a very talented potential founder that has decided not to apply, I’d love to connect with them to understand their thinking. (I won’t try to change their mind, just understand their reasons.)
Steve@charityentrepreneurship.com
Hey,
+1
And also, I think asking these people (who are probably busy doing some important project) to email you is going to be high friction. I tried (I posted your request in the EA Israel Slack) but I’m also sharing my expectation of a problem.
I also heard 1 from someone, for what it’s worth
Hi there
I’m now (finally) doing a round of user interviews to understand what influences people to apply or not apply. If you know of anyone who you would consider a very talented potential founder that has decided not to apply, I’d love to connect with them to understand their thinking. (I won’t try to change their mind, just understand their reasons.)
Steve@charityentrepreneurship.com
Ah, nice!