What separates a VP from a Director?

What separates a VP from a Director? What about a VP from an SVP?

I love asking hiring managers this question. I also ask candidates. The answers are very revealing.

It’s not just confidence or crisp communication. It usually comes down to:

- The complexity of the problems they own

- The organization's scope and their ability to drive results through a matrix

- The level of stakeholders they influence

- Whether they’re executing a vision or shaping it

One of the most interesting things is that how someone answers this question tells you a lot about their self-awareness and their “confident humility.”

We're in a world where titles and levels are blurry. I've talked before about "derisking oneself" through the hiring process, that interviewing is about gathering information (on both sides) to make the best-informed decision. The executives who bring clarity through real examples stand out.

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