It might be harder to hire, but you'd probably end up with people who thrive in that environment.
Will this get you to where you want to be faster? Dunno.
Will this get you to where you want to be faster? Dunno.
This is a key point.
As you do when you run startups, you wear many hats, and one of the hats I frequently wore was that of interviewer.
In that role you very quickly develop a smell-test for the corporate-type.
It is an inevitable fact that the majority of responses from any job ad will come from people whose immediately previous job(s) were in the corporate environment.
That's fine, nothing wrong with that. But you have to structure your interview technique as such that you try to determine if they are more the corporate-type who has become accustomed to the cushy life of the corporate world (teams, departments, tight job descriptions, guaranteed 9–5 life etc.).
The problem with those who have become accustomed to the corporate world is that they'll never change. The mentality becomes too engrained, they seriously struggle and cause headaches for their colleagues. The more years they've spent in corprate-land, the worse it is.
I would often find the classic "do you have any more questions for me?" at the end of the interview to be the most revealing of all as to the mindset of the candidate.
They ask about vacation, perks/benefits etc. ... basically all the fluffy intangible stuff.
The most classic one I remember was a guy had an interesting CV, interviewed reasonably well, then at the end of the interview his choice of question to ask was "where's my office ?".
The briefest of glances at his surroundings whilst being led to the interview room would have made it quite clear there were no private corner offices with a view on offer (it was a small open-plan office, the only two closed off rooms were the interview/meeting room and the kitchenette ... both had glass partitions, so it was clear to see).
Aside from the obvious, the other problem with the question was that the job ad did state this was a primarily field-based role.