Daily Prompt Pack: Hiring First 3 – Build Your Core Team Without the Bloat

Your first three hires set the DNA of everything that follows. These prompts help you define the roles, score candidates, and onboard with intent — not guesswork.

[Claude]

I am a solo founder building a B2B SaaS startup. I need to hire my first three roles: a technical co-founder/lead engineer, a growth marketer, and a customer success lead. For each role, generate: (1) a 3-sentence role thesis describing what this person actually does day-one, (2) a must-have vs nice-to-have skills matrix, (3) a single interview question that reveals fit better than a resume. Output as a clean markdown table with rows for each role.

[ChatGPT]

I have 5 final candidates for 3 roles at my pre-revenue startup. Give me a weighted scorecard framework with criteria: technical craft, scrappiness, culture add, and startup risk tolerance. For each criterion, define a 1-5 rubric with specific behavioral signals. Then simulate scoring 2 fake candidates so I see the format. Deliver as a markdown table plus a 2-sentence hiring recommendation template.

[Cursor]

Write a 30-60-90 day onboarding doc for a first marketing hire at a seed-stage startup. Include: week 1 rituals, month 1 metric they own, month 2 experiment they must run, month 3 milestone tied to a board update. Add a ‘founder handoff’ checklist and a ‘red flag watchlist’ in markdown. Keep it under 300 lines so I can paste it directly into Notion.

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