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Ex-DBS CEO Piyush Gupta: Hire for skills, 'fire in the belly', not just academic results
Summary by The Singapore Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Julia Yeo , as published by Mothership
· September 26, 2026
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Former DBS CEO Piyush Gupta revealed in an interview that the bank had deliberately moved away from hiring only the top-scoring university graduates, as academic results alone do not make the best employees. In an interview with content creator Inconvenient Questions, Gupta recounted that DBS us...
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Key points In an interview with content creator Inconvenient Questions, Gupta recounted that DBS us... Former DBS CEO Piyush Gupta revealed in an interview that the bank had deliberately moved away from hiring only the top-scoring university graduates, as academic results alone do not make the best employees.
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What is this story about? Former DBS CEO Piyush Gupta revealed in an interview that the bank had deliberately moved away from hiring only the top-scoring university graduates, as academic results alone do not make the best employees. In an interview with content creator Inconvenient Questions, Gupta recounted that DBS us...
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