Mike Tuchen of Talend: Watch the Road, Not the Wipers; New York Times, 4/8/16

Adam Bryant, Corner Office. New York Times; Mike Tuchen of Talend: Watch the Road, Not the Wipers:

"This interview with Mike Tuchen, chief executive of Talend, a software vendor that specializes in big-data integration, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant...

How do you hire?

The first questions are always going to be about management and leadership style. And I’ll ask a number of open-ended questions about what’s important to get right as a leader. Some people will talk about the people on the team and the best way to motivate them. The answers that kind of scare me are from candidates who talk about people as if they’re something on a spreadsheet. Leadership and management are all about people.

Then I want to make sure that you’re resilient, because things don’t always go the way you want them to. So I’ll ask questions like, what’s the hardest problem you’ve ever solved? Why was it hard? What did you do uniquely well that someone else wouldn’t have been able to do, and why?"