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?? Holiday season = hiring season? With the holidays, many wonder: Is now the right time to apply for jobs?

I bet most founders couldn’t pass their own interview process. Founders, if you built your interview process > 6 months ago, try to go through it as an applicant. - You’ll probably get auto-rejected because of some weird resume requirement - If you don’t, you’ll probably get frustrated at the lack of communication during the process - If that doesn’t stop you, the interview questions that are irrelevant to the job won’t help If you can’t do this, how else are you going to find out if the process is broken? I really think more startups should QA their interview process. There’s so much you can uncover that will probably materially improve your acceptance rate.

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?? Company Spotlight: Weights & Biases ?? Ever wonder what powers some of the world’s most innovative machine learning teams, like OpenAI and NVIDIA? Meet Weights & Biases, the developer tools company revolutionizing machine learning workflows. ?? ?? Why join the team? ? Collaborate with passionate people who value learning and inclusivity ? Work on cutting-edge tools that shape the future of AI ? Be part of a company trusted by industry leaders to optimize their ML processes ?? Hear from the co-founder, Lukas Biewald sharing their vision and what makes Weights & Biases an amazing place to work with Wellfound’s CEO, Amit Matani. ?? 20 OPEN ROLES - They're hiring! If you’re excited about building impactful tools in an inclusive, innovative environment, explore their open roles today: https://lnkd.in/gSjXdgrb #MachineLearning #CareersInTech #AI #HiringNow #Startups

Startups, if you’re struggling with candidates who don’t know who you are, watch how Kapil at Tremendous handled it. He went from zero interest to 10,000 applicants by doing some simple things. One of the highest-leverage levers you can pull as a founder is your company’s brand. And let’s face it, recruiting is social proof. A lot of founders forget this. So many start hiring, and put zero effort into their website and brand. If you’re doing something legit, sure, it might not matter if your website looks awful. But the first thing a candidate will do is look up your website. If it sucks, it instantly reduces the likelihood of interest. If you can’t put effort into your website, then should they think you put effort into your product? What makes you different than the 20 other startups they’re looking at? Why should they be excited to join you? Kapil handled this by: - Leaning into remote work, low-meeting environment, and paying above market (three differentiators) - Writing out these values in a company handbook and making it public - Improving his career page It sounds so simple, but it’s so effective.

Big fan of the Wellfound team and product. I trust their insights.

Companies Hiring Now (new job postings this week on Wellfound ??): ? AirGarage - 7 Open Roles: https://lnkd.in/gmwJzU_i ? Venteur - 2 Open Roles: https://lnkd.in/gnAkGBpi ? Contentful - 53 Open Roles: https://lnkd.in/gS-eCmdD ? Grow Therapy - 11 Open Roles: https://lnkd.in/guU--JcP ? Iterative Health - 3 Open Roles: https://lnkd.in/g8uTTKPt ? Aspire- 75 Open Roles: https://lnkd.in/gW2Td8XN Apply now and explore more roles on Wellfound: www.wellfound.com

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Founders, here’s why your interview process takes 3+ months, with 40+ calls, and still zero hires: You’re not treating it like product development. I’ve talked to so many founders who check all these boxes: - Incredible company - Driven teammates - Well-funded But still, they’re in the same situation with no hires: - 4 months of interviews - 40+ interviews - A burnt-out engineering team ready to get back to coding - Promising candidates who say no It almost always comes down to the same problem: they’re not adapting their interview process, at all. It’s the same thing from the beginning, and it’s clearly not working. Interview processes aren’t “Set it and forget it.” You need to constantly evaluate and re-evaluate what’s working, what isn’t, and where you can improve both sides of the experience. Maybe there’s not enough structure for your technical interviews. Maybe one of your interviewing engineers has unrealistic expectations. Maybe you’re not selling the company well enough after the offer. It’s impossible to find out any of these things if you don’t review your process and improve it!