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I’ve been an engineer and a recruiter. Hiring is broken. Here’s why… and what it should be like instead.
Oct 20, 2020
The unvarnished, unbundled guide to hiring tools
Jul 15, 2020
Thinking about attending a coding bootcamp? Ask them these questions first.
Jan 26, 2020
How to write stuff that gets on the front page of Hacker News
Jul 2, 2019
Diversity quotas suck. Here’s why.
Jul 26, 2018
In defense of Palantir… or why the Department of Labor got the wrong man
Oct 5, 2016
A founder’s guide to making your first recruiting hire
Apr 26, 2016
Engineers can’t gauge their own interview performance. And that makes them harder to hire.
Dec 15, 2015
What happens when you stop relying on resumes
Jun 25, 2015
How to interview your interviewers
Apr 22, 2015
Building a product in the technical recruiting space? Read this first.
Apr 9, 2015
If you’re an engineer who wants to start a recruiting business, read this first.
Jan 27, 2015
Resumes suck. Here’s the data.
Nov 10, 2014
Why talent agents for engineers don’t exist
Oct 31, 2014
Review of Statwing
Sep 26, 2014
What I learned from reading 8,000 recruiting messages
Jul 29, 2014
Hire from your user base
May 5, 2014
Review of Lever
Apr 23, 2014
Silicon Valley hiring is not a meritocracy
Aug 21, 2013
Review of CoderPad
Aug 15, 2013
Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data
Jun 21, 2013
Building an engineering internship program
May 29, 2013
How different is a B.S. in Computer Science from an M.S. when it comes to recruiting?
May 7, 2013
What computer science knowledge/concepts do software engineers use on a daily basis?
Mar 26, 2013
How long should my resume be?
Mar 15, 2013
What are the characteristics of great engineering recruiters?
Feb 26, 2013
What is a better recruiting strategy for small/med teams: casting a wide net or targeted?
Feb 11, 2013
In what situations should your resume include an objective at the top?
Jan 4, 2013
Why recruiting sucks
Mar 29, 2012

I used to hire people. It wasn't that great. So now I'm building interviewing.io to make it better.

interviewing.io is also where I do most of my blogging these days. Same hatred of inept hiring practices, way more data and graphs.

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  • What happens when you stop relying on resumes
  • Resumes suck. Here’s the data.
  • What I learned from reading 8,000 recruiting messages
  • Silicon Valley hiring is not a meritocracy
  • Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data