DO I WANT THEM TO DO THE JOB? NONO TION TTION T ALENT AALENT A SS SESSES SMENTSMENT CULTURE AND VALUES Culture and values lie at the heart of what founders do and relate to every part of the business, particularly talent acquisition and retention. Below we explore how founders can assess a candidate’s cultural fit. And why should we care? A 2005 meta analysis in the Journal Personnel Psychology revealed that employees who fit well with their organization, coworkers, and supervisor had greater job satisfaction, were more likely to remain with their organization, and showed superior job performance. While values can be defined by founders and leaders, culture can often develop on its own and does not work in the same top-down fashion. Testing your company culture through existing employees can be a valuable exercise which will give you clarity for answer guides and the ability to actually test for cultural fit. Workable, a hiring software tool, recently partnered with Sa berr , a company which surveys existing employees for cultural factors and elements, to implement a 15-minute survey that candidates must complete to indicate the candidate’s cultural alignment with the team and how well they will work with specific team members. However, be wary that tests like these embody our innate biases and should therefore be sense-checked. 9090