assistants: “Send a thoughtful gift to Kyle at Proposify.” Notice that I don’t give many instructions. I want to understand how my potential assistant uses resources and how independently they’ll work. I’m allowing them to bring their own creativity, and I’m also teasing out whether this candidate will save me time by figuring things out on their own or cost me time by stalling and refusing to make their own decisions. I’m less concerned with them “nailing it.” If they send me fourteen emails with questions, then we aren’t a match. If they research Kyle, then send him a thoughtful gift, now I
