Dear Hiring Manager

In this episode, I chat with Jean-Denis Greze, CTO of Plaid and Tido Carriero former CPO of Segment / SVP of Twilio. We talk about several interesting topics around engineering recruitment. They share the importance of a Job Kit and how this can help tech companies hire and attract the right talent. We talk about the areas companies go wrong most, debate whether soft skills interviews are beneficial or have more downside, and discuss what make a good interviewing question. Jean-Denis and Tido Carriero have created an open source job kit for companies to use and build off of! You can find that here: https://www.hatchways.io/blog/create-a-job-kit For more information about how Hatchways can help you build a more real-world technical interview process, visit: www.hatchways.io

In this podcast episode, Emily Sampson, the University Recruiting & Early Career Program Lead at Amplitude, shares her insights on starting a university recruiting program. Amplitude has expanded its intern and new grad hiring across various departments, creating a pipeline of fresh talent. Emily explains the benefits of early career programs, such as DEIB impact, cost savings, long-term talent pipeline, and improved work-life balance for full-time employees. To start a successful program, companies need leadership buy-in, a budget, and dedicated resourcing. Emily offers tips on calculating intern headcounts, managing conversion rates, and selecting partnerships with schools based on the program's goals. Connecting with students can be done through career fairs, student organizations, and intimate gatherings with employee resource groups. Emily shares her favorite tools as well as links and resources in our blog: https://www.hatchways.io/blog/amplitude-on-getting-started-with-university-recruiting For more information about how Hatchways can help you build a more real-world technical interview process, visit www.hatchways.io

In this episode of "Dear Hiring Manager," we sat down with Cliff Jadoo, a Technical Recruiter at Webflow, to discuss recruiting diverse talent and how to create an inclusive and positive interviewing experience. Cliff shares valuable insights on inbound and outbound recruiting strategies, as well as tips for creating an interview experience that caters to diverse talent. Some highlights from our conversation include targeting diverse job boards, partnering with diverse organizations, creating a gender-neutral job description, and publishing diversity reports. For outbound recruiting, Cliff emphasizes the importance of not relying solely on referrals and intentionally sourcing diverse talent using various tools and tactics. In creating an interview experience for diverse talent, Cliff recommends using a rubric, being transparent, investing in interviewer training, and having a diverse set of interviewers. He also shares tips on using take-home assessments and reminding candidates about Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in place. To help you get started, we've shared a job description template, tips on joining Slack or Google ERG groups, and some common mistakes to avoid. For these resources and additional links, visit our blog: https://www.hatchways.io/blog/on-recruiting-diversity-with-cliff-jadoo-at-webflow For more information about how Hatchways can help you build a more real-world technical interview process, visit www.hatchways.io

Carmen is a Librarian turned Software developer. In this episode, she shares how she self-taught her self programming before/after work and on weekends, how she assessed if it was the right career for her, and when it was the right time to quit her job and dedicate full-time hours to job searching. We talk about how employers who want to attract non-traditional talent should change their job descriptions and how they should ignore resumes. Lastly, for career shifters, she recommends some resources on how to get job-ready... including receiving feedback on your skills from Hatchways! To learn more about Hatchways visit: www.hatchways.io   If you would like to be a part of the podcast, let us know here: https://forms.gle/VEowV2sryff84GtcA