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>Or, as Hoffman put it, “Moneyballing for talent.” >“It’s very similar to our product, taking as much data as you can at the initiation of meeting someone and
by Imnimo 4y ago
>Or, as Hoffman put it, “Moneyballing for talent.”
>“It’s very similar to our product, taking as much data as you can at the initiation of meeting someone and use that data as part of this matrix of how you look at them and evaluate,” Youakim said. “We use Wonderlic”—an aptitude test whose validity in a variety of settings has long been controversial—”but it’s not the be-all-end-all for us. It’s a data point. So we look at that. If you’re a younger potential employee, I want to see a transcript. Like how did you do in school? What was your GPA?” Later they referred to SAT scores as another data point.
These guys think they're Billy Bean, but they're the scouts talking about "ugly girlfriend means no confidence".