[trueneverland]

A lot to be said about difficulty in finding a culture fit, personality fit... basically evaluating the person as a whole vs their skillset.

Most people say they want a rockstar engineer (or insert other rockstar positions here). What they really want (or should) is to find someone who fits and can reasonably do their job well. Some times this means learning something fast, but other times, its a bunch of other nuances in between and traits a person may have about their personality or who they are. The smaller the startup, the more critical and true this is.

[ihadaquestion]

People will occasionally hint at this. The impression I got is that startups often interview for high technical skills and hope that the brief interaction during the meetings gave them sufficient insight into the person's personality and culture fits.

Supposedly, it often happens that a few months down the line you realize that a lot of expectations and quirks weren't properly discussed and you get into sticky situations.