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How Donna White’s Interview Was Going Great… Until the Candidate Flipped the Script

Veteran recruiter Donna White shares the tale of an executive interview gone off the rails — when the candidate flipped the script and started pitching her.

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Donna White’s Worst Meeting Ever

Meet Donna White — recruiter, entrepreneur, startup whisperer, and the unstoppable founder and force behind August Venture Talent and August Executive. For nearly 30 years, she’s helped visionary founders build all-star teams from the ground up.

She’s sat in thousands of high-stakes meetings and interviews. She knows what it takes to win and build high performing teams. She thought she had seen it all…

But even Donna has a story that caught her completely off guard.

In this episode, she shares the tale of an executive interview gone off the rails — when the candidate flipped the script and started pitching her!

See what happens when every conversation flows into the work.

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