Hiring insights
Hiring looks straightforward from the outside. It isn't.
This is where we write about how hiring decisions in startups and scaleups actually get made – how teams define exceptional, how candidates are assessed and where hiring breaks down in practice.
Grounded in real searches, decisions and outcomes.
Your hiring process is telling candidates more than you think
You found the one. Offer’s drafted and you’re already picturing them at the next team meeting. Three weeks later, they take another job and never tell you why...
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How to hire a forward-deployed engineer
The why is well covered by now. Enterprises buying AI often know what they want it to do, but most of them can’t wire it into their own systems...
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Why strong hires don’t always work out in startups (and it’s usually not about technical ability)
This isn’t about hiring an adequate person. This is about hiring the best person available, watching them sail through the process...
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Why the search failed before the first CV arrived
Most founders have had the experience. You bring someone in, hand over a brief, and feel a quiet sense of relief that this particular problem is now being handled...
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Hiring gets harder as you grow, not easier
There's a moment every founder recognises but rarely sees coming. The early hires felt hard in a way because the stakes were so high...
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Why hiring decisions look simpler from the outside
From the outside, hiring can look like a clean evaluation process. A role opens, candidates are interviewed, feedback is collected, and a decision gets made...
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