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Structured hiring framework from 94 product leaders to make stronger candidate decisions. \n \n Apply 12 core principles covering reference checks, work trials, agency assessment, and T-shaped hiring to evaluate candidates systematically \n Use diagnostic questions to understand hiring stage, team gaps, and whether decisions are based on structured rubrics or intuition alone \n Challenge common biases like pedigree shortcuts, gut-feel-only decisions, and unicorn hiring; prioritize references, pa