In my experience, aim to hire someone who is really passionate about the role and loves to enable executives. You want someone you can 100% trust, and who reall

In my experience, aim to hire someone who is really passionate about the role and loves to enable executives. You want someone you can 100% trust, and who really truly cares about you and your wellbeing. I have interviewed many EAs to assist me, and one obviously had those traits. She was a fantastic hire, specifically because of those traits. Other people we hired at our company for other executives didn't have that passion and were significantly weaker. I know it sounds fluffy, but if you can find someone like that, you're already halfway there. Look for EAs who participate in EA-related stuff (groups, conferences, etc). These are the folks who are really passionate about the field. I've also never been able to get the same experience/output from a virtual/remote EA.