CEO of Yahoo Carol Bartz’s “No-A**hole” Rule
Check out this great article in Esquire about Yahoo’s CEO Carol Bartz. Unapologetically brash, she’s got one of the funniest and insightful hiring techniques. When she gets to the last stage of the interview, she already knows whether the person can do the job. But that’s not enough; the candidate can’t, to put it bluntly, be an asshole. As Carol describes her process:
“We’ll go through the whole interview, and I’ll say, “I have one last question. I don’t work with assholes. Are you one?”
Some say, “What a great question! I want to work in a place that’s like that.” But you’d be amazed at how many others hear that question and look like they’ve just been caught. Their expressions say: I guess I’m an asshole.
Bold, and brilliant!
