Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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📘 Everything I know about behavioral interviews from conducting nearly 1,000 of them as a Bar Raiser, now in one book: geni.us/BehavioralInterview-yt
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00:00 Getting hired at pre-IPO Google with just an undergrad degree
03:36 Would you call early Google a startup or corporate?
04:44 The 20% time loophole
11:19 "Start a company, but don't quit yet"
13:50 Building Cloudera without actually having a product
16:33 The certification that became valuable by accident
20:06 Getting forced out when the company outgrows you
26:04 Why taking $23M at high valuations was a mistake
29:30 Venture debt is basically a mob loan
32:24 Laying off 40 people in one day
36:04 "Do you think you're a good CEO?"
38:15 Selling Cloudera stock at $4B valuation
41:06 "I wanted to work on something I gave a shit about"
47:31 Why you should work at Google/Amazon first, then leave
52:31 Using AI to program again and automate the hotel
Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership 👉🏻 Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale
📘 Everything I know about behavioral interviews from conducting nearly 1,000 of them as a Bar Raiser, now in one book: geni.us/BehavioralInterview-yt
Guest Links:
waterfall.net (Mention this podcast for $100 credit when you book)
linkedin.com/in/christophe-bisciglia-745aa810
🚀🚀🚀 Work directly with Steve to get a high performance review and your next tech promotion in a year, guaranteed!
go.alifeengineered.com/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=lf&utm_campaign=s2p-nr&utm_content=christophe_bisciglia-sponsored
For the extended conversation, become a member to this channel or join my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/alifeengineered/p/4-billion-founder-should-you-leave?r=2tt9s7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
00:00 Getting hired at pre-IPO Google with just an undergrad degree
03:36 Would you call early Google a startup or corporate?
04:44 The 20% time loophole
11:19 "Start a company, but don't quit yet"
13:50 Building Cloudera without actually having a product
16:33 The certification that became valuable by accident
20:06 Getting forced out when the company outgrows you
26:04 Why taking $23M at high valuations was a mistake
29:30 Venture debt is basically a mob loan
32:24 Laying off 40 people in one day
36:04 "Do you think you're a good CEO?"
38:15 Selling Cloudera stock at $4B valuation
41:06 "I wanted to work on something I gave a shit about"
47:31 Why you should work at Google/Amazon first, then leave
52:31 Using AI to program again and automate the hotel
