# Lenny Hiring

> Hiring & team building skills from Lenny's Podcast - job descriptions, interviews, onboarding, culture

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-leolin990405-claude-code-skills-lenny-hiring`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [LeoLin990405](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/leolin990405)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [LeoLin990405](https://github.com/LeoLin990405)
- **Source:** https://github.com/LeoLin990405/claude-code-skills/tree/main/product-management/lenny-hiring

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-leolin990405-claude-code-skills-lenny-hiring
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Lenny Skills: Hiring & Team Building

13 actionable skills for building and managing product teams.

## Skills

### 1. Writing Job Descriptions
- Focus on outcomes, not just responsibilities
- Include growth opportunities and team culture
- Be specific about the problems they'll solve

### 2. Conducting Interviews
- Use structured interviews for consistency
- Focus on past behavior, not hypotheticals
- Include work samples or case studies

### 3. Evaluating Candidates
- Define clear rubrics before interviewing
- Look for learning velocity over current skills
- Check for culture add, not just culture fit

### 4. Onboarding New Hires
- Create 30-60-90 day plans
- Assign an onboarding buddy
- Set clear early wins

### 5. Building Team Culture
- Define team values explicitly
- Create rituals that reinforce culture
- Celebrate wins publicly

### 6. Running Effective 1:1s
- Let the report set the agenda
- Focus on coaching, not status updates
- Ask "What's blocking you?"

### 7. Having Difficult Conversations
- Be direct but kind
- Focus on behavior, not personality
- Follow up in writing

### 8. Delegating Work
- Delegate outcomes, not tasks
- Provide context, not just instructions
- Trust but verify

### 9. Managing Up
- Understand your manager's priorities
- Bring solutions, not just problems
- Over-communicate proactively

### 10. Building a Promotion Case
- Document impact continuously
- Seek feedback early and often
- Build visibility across the org

### 11. Negotiating Offers
- Know your market value
- Negotiate the whole package
- Get it in writing

### 12. Finding Mentors & Sponsors
- Mentors advise, sponsors advocate
- Be specific about what you need
- Give before you ask

### 13. Career Transitions
- Build skills before you need them
- Network continuously
- Take calculated risks

## Source
[Lenny's Podcast](https://www.lennyspodcast.com/) | [refoundai.com/lenny-skills](https://refoundai.com/lenny-skills/)

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [LeoLin990405](https://github.com/LeoLin990405)
- **Source:** [LeoLin990405/claude-code-skills](https://github.com/LeoLin990405/claude-code-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-leolin990405-claude-code-skills-lenny-hiring
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/leolin990405
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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