Comments on: Best Way to Screen Future Employees? Play Sports. http://startuphoodlum.com/2010/03/30/best-way-to-screen-future-employees-play-sports/ adventures of evan reas, ceo and cofounder, Circle www.discoverCircle.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:19:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: evanreas http://startuphoodlum.com/2010/03/30/best-way-to-screen-future-employees-play-sports/#comment-70 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:34:39 +0000 http://startuphoodlum.com/?p=62#comment-70 Thanks for the post… and I will accept your challenge. Next time I am in Boston, we shall play. I played college Ultimate in cold snowy Ohio and at Oxford in England– not the most pleasant weather ;-P

]]> By: Dan G http://startuphoodlum.com/2010/03/30/best-way-to-screen-future-employees-play-sports/#comment-68 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:24:35 +0000 http://startuphoodlum.com/?p=62#comment-68 Yes and no. Consider a pick-up game (any sport or competition):

1) You _do_ learn a lot by watching how someone handles an “unfair” situation. Are they passive? Vengeful? Able to work things out to be “fair?” More importantly, are they able to make things fair in a way that today’s enemy will play on a team with you at tomorrow’s pickup game? In technology… and in business… today’s enemy might be tomorrow’s customer, partner, employer, or acquirer.

2) You _don’t_ necessarily see how a person will be at work. I know people that are highly competitive on the field — real a-holes — and passive at work. And I know people who are the opposite. Some people (like yours truly) play sports to relax. Yes, I like to win and I go all out, but it’s just a game to me… a prelude to post-game beers. But it’s a serious mistake to think that I am the same way in my business dealings.

Now, regarding ultimate: I invite you to come to Boston and play in a freezing rain. We do it all the time. And we like it. I expect I’ll learn a lot about you by hearing you whimper in defeat in the cold and damp. Game on! :-)

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]]> By: James Fazio http://startuphoodlum.com/2010/03/30/best-way-to-screen-future-employees-play-sports/#comment-60 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:24:18 +0000 http://startuphoodlum.com/?p=62#comment-60 Evan,
I agree with your point. One can learn a great deal about a person based on how they interact in the practice of sport. Very little work is done completely individually, and sport is an opportunity to watch how someone interacts with a team in a non work environment. I am a terrible basketball player, but I can still go have fun with a group of friends on the court, push myself, and enjoy the spirit and challenge of the game. Work is similar, we are not all experts at everything, but if we engage each other as a team and leverage other’s strengths, in the end we like our jobs and the people we work with everyday. Working with the “showboater” or “Mr. Negativity,“ can make the sport of work a drag. If I had that magical opportunity to create their dream team, I want a diverse team that can relate to a competitive environment. There is a reason NCAA athletes are so successful after graduation and I think you hinted at it here.
Cheers,
Fazio

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