The One Interview Question Steve Jobs Used to Spot Real Talent

A close-up portrait of Steve Jobs appears on the left beside the Apple logo on the right.Onstage at the D8 conference in 2010, Steve Jobs explained his go-to interview opener: “Why are you here?” He prized answers that surfaced personal, even “selfish,” ambitions, seeing them as markers of self-motivated hires whose goals aligned with Apple’s work. At the D8 conference in 2010, Steve Jobs outlined an interview style that sliced through […]