HOST

Matt Poepsel, PhD

Vice President & Godfather of Talent Optimization

GUEST

Daniel Chait

CEO & Co-Founder, Greenhouse

Top 3 Takeaways

  1. Set the Intention. Creating a “culture of hiring” is a strategic advantage in today’s business environment, requiring orchestrated processes and leadership behaviors rather than just good recruiters or software.
  2. Sync up. Effective hiring requires structured interviews with coordinated questions across team members, independent evaluations before group discussion, and intentional candidate experience management.
  3. Yes and. AI should augment rather than replace human decision-making in hiring, helping with efficiency while preserving the essential human connection that attracts top talent.

From the Source

“In businesses of all kinds these days, it really does come down to if you can hire the right person, you can do anything. If you can’t hire the right person, it doesn’t matter what your idea is, you’re not gonna get there.”

“I like to call it, it’s not artificial intelligence, it’s augmented intelligence. These tools are there to help you think and if you think that they’re there to make the decisions for you, that’s where we get into trouble.”

“Most businesses have all kinds of capital… physical capital, financial capital, reputation capital, and so on. The only kind that can create all the other kinds is human capital.”

“The difference between the companies where hiring is working really well and everyone else is not about the recruiter… it’s about the leadership behaviors.”

“When I’m talking to a candidate, in my mind I’m thinking like, whatever other job they’re considering, I wanna bring my A game on this one.”

“The moment that they applied to a job or looked at a job on your website through the interviews… Are the interviews on point? Do they make sense or am I being asked the same question over and over again?”

Connect with Daniel

Website: http://www.greenhouse.io