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https://www.sequoiacap.com/india/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/03/800-by-550.jpg800550Candidate success starts by aligning your startup’s goals with potential hires, with both your current stage and your broader vision in mind. Our Human Capital team has worked closely with more than 300 startups over the last decade and placed more than 600 CXOs within our portfolio companies. Drawing on those experiences, we’ve put together this step-by-step guide to creating a job spec, or job description (JD), that will align the hiring process to your startup's goals.