there's a strain of management books called "Topgrading". The gist is: you, the new founder, are grade A awesome, and you can have a successful company if you

there's a strain of management books called "Topgrading". The gist is: you, the new founder, are grade A awesome, and you can have a successful company if you only hire other As. Unfortunately, Bs and Cs will show up, and lie about their work history! So you better scrutinize their resume line-by-line. The books teach intimidation tactics meant to flush out inconsistensies in self-reported work history. In reality, it becomes interrogation-style focus, trying to highlight "problems" of any kind.