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“We found that in our case … performance as rated by one's colleagues after 12 months… then you need to identify as many signals as you can… see what combinations of signals best predict that outcome”
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Define an objective function for hiring: colleague-rated performance after 12 months, then track dozens of applicant signals to predict that outcome
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