In our first short episode Matt and James dive into something every hiring manager and recruiter has faced:
- Candidates who seem like a great fit — strong CV, good early interviews — but don’t make it through.
- Or, just as often, the ones that slip through the cracks but might have been the right hire.
- Drawing on Matt’s years of experience leading engineering teams, we talk through:
- Why hiring starts with understanding the real problem you’re solving
- How the cost of a “wrong hire” compares to the risk of missing the right person
- What makes hiring for deep tech roles fundamentally different from product-focused startups
- Why values alignment can matter more than technical brilliance
- What engineers should look for when evaluating whether a startup is worth joiningIf you're scaling a team or navigating your next move as an engineer, this episode offers a grounded look at where things go right — and wrong — in the hiring process.
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