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How to Listen to the Subtext of an Interview

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To evaluate somebody well, you not only have to ask them good questions, but also you have to Hans Zimmer calls it listening to the subtext. The thing that I pay most attention to as an interviewer is listen for the things that people emphasize and the things that they downplay. Good ideas do not necessarily fall into an elevator pitch type approach where they're easily explainable.

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