Shreeya Patel

Hire Hailey Mothershead without reservation, and take John Paul as a qualified yes with a standing instruction not to chase him if he declines

At the Aug 12 kernel round table Peter gave two very different verdicts. On Hailey he was unreserved - I would hire her today, I thought she was smart, I thought she was inquisitive, I think she will work incredibly well with the team - and said that at a smaller company he would have called Brianne right after the interview and not let her leave the building without papers in front of her. He named his one real concern, a complete lack of C experience, and dismissed it as learnable, and flagged that she will find CIQ feedback culture blunt. On John Paul he deferred entirely to the technical panel, said he did not enjoy the interactions, did not believe JP is interested in what CIQ is doing, agreed with Shreeya read that they are getting roughly a year, and said he would not block a consensus yes. He then added the operative instruction: if we make an offer to him and he does not accept, let us not kill ourselves to make it work out. He closed the meeting with I know this team has felt pressured. I do not want this pressure to bring in the wrong person.