Elizabeth Gore has hired and interviewed "hundreds of people," she says. Gore worked at the United Nations Foundation then Dell helping entrepreneurs around the world build their businesses. In 2017, she co-founded Hello Alice, a platform helping entrepreneurs gain "access to capital like grants, loans, credit," she says, and connecting them with a network of like entrepreneurs. When it comes to finding the right candidates during job interviews, she loves asking questions like, "what do you think we're doing wrong at our company?" as a way to gauge what they can bring to the table, she says. She also pays attention to what turns her off.
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