Ideal Candidate Profile

What key elements of this person's personality & behaviour will make them uniquely suitable for the role / company? Go into as much detail as possible.

Eg. High ownership, fast learner, comfortable with ambiguity, low ego, strong communication, obsessive over X problems, lighthearted but focused etc.

What must have technical skills are needed to achieve the role objectives?

What extra nice to have skills would make this candidate even stronger?

Anything that's trainable on the job?

Likely current or past companies? What will their CV look like & why? What is their likely justification for each career move?

Evidence of technical skills — what are they likely to have built / achieved to demonstrate this skill?

Evidence of behavioural characteristics — what experiences on their CV will demonstrate this personality characteristic?

What should they be motivated by? What is this person's ideal role? Why? Justify it based on the previous points.

What are their long term career goals?

What areas will they focus their questions on? What will we be talking about when their face lights up and energy peaks?

What main reasons would cause them to reject a role?

Competitors — what other specific companies is this person likely to be interested in? Why? Can we compete with them across the 4 Pillars?

Target companies — what companies will this person be working for now?

What things on a CV will be a red flag — companies, roles, projects, etc.

If a candidate says … is important, it will be a red flag.

Examples: needs heavy structure, waits for approval on small fixes, wants to optimise vs build from scratch.