5:45The BEST Interview Question We've Been Asked | My First Million Podcast
From My First Million · Published Jul 5, 2020 · Watch on YouTube
TL;DR
The video presents three interview/reference-check questions: the “how lucky are you?” scale from Jeff Bezos (used by Airbnb), a reference check rating question that extracts critical feedback, and a fill-in-the-blank exercise (“Life is… / People are… / I am…”).
Key insights
- People who rate themselves a 9 or 10 on luck either are genuinely lucky or are talented optimists; the founder of Airbnb wants those people around him.
- Asking “why” after the luck rating reveals whether the person actively engineers serendipity or pounces on lucky opportunities.
- In a reference check, asking for a number out of ten and then “what can they do to get the remaining points” is the only effective way to get honest critical feedback (people avoid being mean if asked
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