"My startup, HubSpot, has done a fair amount of recruiting/hiring over the past year (the team has grown by over 100%, despite the down-turn in the economy).  Along the way, I’ve found some “patterns” to the recruiting that we do and the kind of people that end up joining us.

I’m going to stay away from the overly obvious stuff (mostly because I have no idea what the obvious stuff actually is).  I’m also going to assume that you’re already smart and passionate and all the other trimmings of a star candidate."