I wouldn't be able to answer this. This is too dramatic of a question and has some implicit assumptions that I don't think applies to many well established and organized companies.
The best I could do, and I'm the owner of the company, is give a vague and overly general answer that doesn't really help anyone.
1. "My company isn't organized around a single dimension that can be used to measure one problem in absolute terms against all others. Every team is working on a series of problems on a month to month basis and in turn every individual is working on problems of their own."
2. "The biggest threat to our company is the one we don't know about."
3. "Nothing keeps me up at night, I sleep fairly well."
Am I alone in this or are people responsible for hiring able to give an actual informative answer rather than some canned response?
The best I could do, and I'm the owner of the company, is give a vague and overly general answer that doesn't really help anyone.
1. "My company isn't organized around a single dimension that can be used to measure one problem in absolute terms against all others. Every team is working on a series of problems on a month to month basis and in turn every individual is working on problems of their own."
2. "The biggest threat to our company is the one we don't know about."
3. "Nothing keeps me up at night, I sleep fairly well."
Am I alone in this or are people responsible for hiring able to give an actual informative answer rather than some canned response?