The PayPal Mafia on Hiring
6 stories (and even more insights) from @rabois, @davidsacks, @davemcclure, and @yishan
Including:
The Interview Process
Getting Recruited
Joining
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1/ @yishan on his interview process
(His interview with @mlevchin is particularly funny and insightful)
2/ @davemcclure on his interview process
3/ @rabois on the interview process at PayPal
Interviews? Forget interviews. Just hire your smartest friends.
4/ @yishan on getting recruited to PayPal
Jawed Karim (cofounder of YouTube) referred him because "he figured I was smart, owing to my performance on the math team *back in middle school*"
5/ @davidsacks on quitting McKinsey to join PayPal
"nobody wanted to hire me but @peterthiel overruled them" 🤣
6/ @rabois on if friend referrals are the best way of hiring great engineers
Yes.
Seriously. Hire your (most capable) friends.
*Note: This is likely a large part of why the PayPal Mafia has remained so close and interconnected
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