Management Craft

The Hiring Process

Article · 2023

Andreessen Horowitz's step-by-step guide to running an executive hiring process, and where the MOC (Mission, Outcomes, Competencies) role-definition format comes from. The most detailed public walkthrough of the framework in practice, with a sample CFO MOC worth studying.

Published
2023
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The MOCToolThe MOC is the document you write before you talk to a single candidate: the Mission the role exists to serve, the Outcomes you will hold the hire to, and the Competencies it takes to deliver them. Get it right and the same page becomes your interview guide, your onboarding plan, your ninety-day scorecard, and your grounds for letting someone go if it comes to that.