CEO’s Favorite Interview Question: 'What Is Your Superpower?' No Cape Required
KEY POINTS
- •Becca Millstein, 32, co-founded Fishwife in 2020, inspired by craving tinned fish protein while in Spain during the pandemic.
- •Fishwife’s colorful sardine tins sell at Whole Foods, Costco, and boutiques, with the business valued at $5 million via Shark Tank in 2024.
- •Millstein’s favored interview question, 'What’s your superpower?' aims to uncover a candidate’s core strength and self-awareness.
Becca Millstein, the 32-year-old CEO of Fishwife—a trendy tinned seafood startup valued at around $5 million after a 2024 Shark Tank deal—claims the secret interview weapon is asking candidates their 'superpower.' That’s right, instead of the usual yawn-inducing 'greatest strength,' candidates must reveal their mutant skill set, cutting to the core of what makes them invaluable. Millstein, who somehow balances 'high-strategy' brainpower with details so tiny they make sardine scales look enormous, founded the company in 2020 after craving protein-rich tinned fish during an overseas pandemic stint in Spain. Retailers like Whole Foods and Costco happily stock her colorful sardine tins, probably wondering how ‘taking out the trash’ is a CEO duty. We’re all terrible drivers of our own lives, but at least her superpower question filters out some corporate clowns.
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(1 of 3)Asking job candidates their 'superpower' sounds like a Marvel audition, but hey, at least Fishwife’s CEO knows multitasking means analyzing spreadsheets and trash duty.
Fishwife CEO’s interview tactic proves in startups you either work miracles or you're filing garbage—no in-between.
32-year-old CEO hunts for employees’ superpowers while secretly mastering strategic spreadsheet sorcery and trash runs.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 7/28/2026 | Author: Ana Altchek
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