In February 2008, Steve Jobs gave an extensive interview to
Betsy Morris in Kona, Hawaii, where he was on vacation with his family. One of the topics he discussed was his approach to
finding talent:
"When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have
to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall
in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything
else will take care of itself. They'll want to do what's best for
Apple, not what's best for them, what's best for Steve, or anybody else.
"Recruiting is hard. It's just finding the needles in the haystack.
We do it ourselves and we spend a lot of time at it. I've participated
in the hiring of maybe 5,000-plus people in my life. So I take it very
seriously. You can't know enough in a one-hour interview. So, in the
end, it's ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person?
What are they like when they're challenged? Why are they here? I ask
everybody that: 'Why are you here?' The answers themselves are not what
you're looking for. It's the meta-data."
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