Posts Tagged ‘Hiring Engineers’

Designing a Unique Hiring Process for Unique Needs A software architect is the specialist you need to drive the development of your startup’s product or platform. When you hire the right architect, they will help you make important decisions, explain them to all stakeholders, and create a model that is highly transferrable with user friendly…

Interview Process Tips from the Experts Interviewing candidates for data engineer jobs virtually makes assessment of candidates more difficult. You don’t have the benefit of body language and proximity to help you gauge an applicant’s performance and suitability for the role. We’ve discussed how to interview engineers for your startup in a previous article, examining…

Expert Tips to Hire for Engineer Jobs Successfully You’re a startup. You’re hiring for engineer jobs. You know if you get the wrong people, it will disrupt your team dynamic and harm your business. Research by McKinsey & Company has found culture is what separates the highest-performing organizations from the rest. Of course, technical ability…

Pros and Cons of Hiring Remote Talent Hiring great software engineers is hard, especially for SMEs and startups. Not only is there a shortage of talent, but startups must outcompete FAANG and big tech in the war for the talent available. Even if you have identified why the best engineers are not applying to your…

Power Up Your Hiring Process from Job Description to Offer SREs: An important cog in high-tech businesses. They are the missing link between development and operations. The staff who square the circle of the desire to develop new blockbuster features and the need to make sure those features don’t break what is there already. Sounds…

6 Tips to Optimize Your Interviewing Process Hiring the wrong engineers can cause almost irreversible damage, especially to a startup. Those early hires will be key drivers of your success. They will be involved in mission-critical decision making and product development. Get the wrong person onboard, and the potential negative impact does not bear thinking…

Strategies to Attract the Best Candidates to Startup Jobs Success as a growing company depends upon the talent you can recruit for your startup jobs. But you’re experiencing some problems. Problems like: You’re finding it hard to hire your first engineer The best software engineers aren’t applying to your job postings You’re finding it’s almost…

How Do You Develop a Successful Hiring Strategy? When hiring for startup jobs, one of the decisions you’ll need to make is whether to internalize your recruitment process or use external recruiters. Get your recruitment strategy wrong, and the cost could be overwhelming. While there is some debate over just how much a poor hire…

Introduction According to a study by Shikhar Ghosh reported in Entrepreneur magazine, 75% of all VC backed startups fail. CB Insights researched the top 20 reasons startups fail. Any guesses? You’d probably expect to see things like ‘failure to pivot’ or ‘poor marketing’ to be at the top, but those actually ranked much lower. The…