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Hiring for a new role/function? Do this.

Article · 2025

Liz Wessel — First Round Capital partner and former WayUp CEO — on the practice she named the 'calibration call': a short call with two people who know the best performer in a role you haven't hired for before, run before you start interviewing.

Published
2025
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The Calibration CallToolA short research conversation with someone who has done the role or hired for it, to learn what great and failed performance look like before you define it.