The terrifying reality regarding your résumé is that for all the many hours you put into fine-tuning, you’ve got 30 seconds to make an impression on me. Maybe less.
It’s unfair, it’s imprecise, and there’s a good chance that I make horrible mistakes, but there’s a lot more of you than me, and while hiring a phenomenal team is the most important thing I do, I’m balancing that task with the fact that I need to build product and manage the endless stream of people walking into my office.
But here’s a glimpse. I’m going to walk you through the exact mental process ...