Notes on hiring decisions, recruiting operations, and the systems behind them. From nearly a decade on the hiring side of the conversation.
AI now drafts job descriptions, screens candidates, and summarizes interviews — and it can look finished before the judgment behind it was ever tested. What the hallucination research means for role design, evaluation, and the cost of hiring wrong.
Six signs the hiring process is the problem, not the candidates — quiet turnover, offer-stage drops, comp misalignment, panel dynamics, and a sourced note on how market cycles compound the bill.
A sourced comparison of four ATS options for Series A–C companies, with notes on scheduling, reporting, AI features, pricing, ownership dynamics, and PE-portfolio considerations.