Findings on competency topics
| Topic | Specific competencies present in interviews |
|---|---|
| Structuring a company | “Seeing how a company works,” “taxes, HR bureaucracies, and company organization,” “matrix organizational structures,” “knowing how to handle different areas of the organization,” “finance,” “knowing more about fundraising” |
| People management | “Interviewing and recruiting interns,” “teamwork and management skills,” “people management,” “training people for scaling the company,” “clarity in communication,” “leadership,” “culture building,” “HR” |
| Strategic and operational planning | “Creating a business plan,” “strategic vision – from strategy to tactics,” “project management,” “business vision and company management,” “workload and task planning,” “analytical skills for prioritization” |
| Commercial/sales | “Commercial,” “Knowing how to handle customer meetings,” “Negotiation,” “Expectations management and customer negotiation” |
| Product development | “Conducting a UX research and ideation work,” “product development” |
| Behavioral traits | “Ownership,” “urgency,” “proactivity,” “dynamism and adaptation” “resilience” |
| Topic | Specific competencies present in interviews |
|---|---|
| Structuring a company | “Seeing how a company works,” “taxes, HR bureaucracies, and company organization,” “matrix organizational structures,” “knowing how to handle different areas of the organization,” “finance,” “knowing more about fundraising” |
| People management | “Interviewing and recruiting interns,” “teamwork and management skills,” “people management,” “training people for scaling the company,” “clarity in communication,” “leadership,” “culture building,” “HR” |
| Strategic and operational planning | “Creating a business plan,” “strategic vision – from strategy to tactics,” “project management,” “business vision and company management,” “workload and task planning,” “analytical skills for prioritization” |
| Commercial/sales | “Commercial,” “Knowing how to handle customer meetings,” “Negotiation,” “Expectations management and customer negotiation” |
| Product development | “Conducting a UX research and ideation work,” “product development” |
| Behavioral traits | “Ownership,” “urgency,” “proactivity,” “dynamism and adaptation” “resilience” |
Source(s): The authors