Team Criteria

Ashoka’s staff selection criteria are the foundation of our interviewing process. Our recruiting team looks for people at all career stages

• who are entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial, who have started and led things their whole lives (from university debating clubs and community gardens to large companies or new initiatives)
• who are broadly and passionately interested in the questions Ashoka addresses, and the historical change it seeks; who can envision an ‘Everyone A Changemaker’ world
• who put team goals ahead of personal ambition
• who have the highest ethical fiber and empathy, who are trustworthy
• who give themselves permission to do big things and have high standards of excellence in all of their efforts

Selection Process

Candidates who advance beyond the application stage will have a first interview, screening chiefly for the candidate’s entrepreneurial background and interest in Ashoka’s work in the world. A further sequence of interviews seeks to understand the candidate’s life history as a foundation for her overall “fit” with the organizational mission and culture. Final selection panels include representation from at least one member of Ashoka’s Leadership Team.

Starting roles are often set at a late point in the interview cycle, after a determination has been made about the candidate’s overall fit with Ashoka.