Billionaire Jay Chaudhry has built multiple companies.
His first was SecureIT in 1996, which was sold for $70 million in an all-stock deal two years later. That was followed by AirDefense, CipherTrust and CoreHarbor in the earlier 2000s, all of which were ultimately acquired. He founded his most recent company, Zscaler, in 2008, and is currently serving as its CEO. Zscaler has a market cap of $26 billion as of Monday.
With so many companies founded, Chaudhry has done his fair share of hiring. Depending on what kind of role he’s looking for, he often separates candidates into two categories: builders and operators. Builders thrive in a chaotic startup environment while operators prefer a structured, larger company.
He also pays attention to turn-offs in candidates. Here are two of his biggest red flags.
People who focus on ‘building fiefdoms’
One thing Chaudhry pays attention to is how interviewees measure success. “People who just focus on …