Scale, Scale, Scale! (Lessons from an engineering recruitment drive)
summary
Small startup that builds UK healthcare comms scales engineering from ~20 to ~48 in a year after aiming for 30+ hires target by autumn but finishing later. Actions: contract external recruiters, hire a talent partner, do direct sourcing and referrals, publish engineering posts and salaries, and document a public Notion hiring guide. Process changes: replace random tests with front-end and back-end take-home exercises (2–3 hours), add experience-based hiring manager calls and rubrics, train interviewers, rotate decision duty, and halve time-to-offer.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:08Growing engineering team
- 5:39Attracting candidates
- 11:13Repeatable interview process
- 16:52Scaling interview team
- 19:01Candidate success
- 20:25Results and takeaways
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