Building a Data-driven Hiring Machine

October 10, 2022

#110 – October 10, 2022

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In this article, I would like to pass along some of my learnings in setting up a hiring machine for scaling an (engineering) organisation. In fact, these learnings are applicable to any hiring process you would need to setup at scale. There are many ways to build a recruitment machine and I am sure that what you will read in this article is not exhaustive or either the best possible way.

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I had just joined a new team and asked my new teammates about our architecture. What were we building?

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Every one of us wants to know what are the opportunities for them and what they can do to get there and fulfill their ambitions. We want to be transparent and fully aligned on the expectations and effectively discuss what are the things that work well/need to be improved.

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