Hiring can cost you time, money and peace — or it can save you all three and allow you to scale your business.

But hiring for a rapidly growing small company (i.e. under 10 people) should be approached differently.

That's because your team members need to think entrepreneurially and be emotionally intelligent leaders, even if they are part-time contractors.

This first interview script is the byproduct of hundreds of interviews across 5 years hiring and developing high-performing teams at rapidly growing companies and startups.