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Technical Recruiting
Poornima Vijayashanker
EIR @ 500 Startups
April 24, 2014
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• Right time to recruit
• Sourcing candidates
• Interview process
• Crafting an offer
• Closing candidates
Agenda
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Recruiting is a sales process.
3
What do the BEST sales people do?
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Don’t sell!
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They get you to buy!
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Brand building.
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Story of Starbucks.
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Right time.
Supplemental Reading: How to Keep Your Startup Engineer Sane
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Pre-sourcing. Sourcing. Interviewing. Closing.
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Pre-sourcing. Sourcing. Interviewing. Closing.
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Communicate criteria.
Supplemental Reading: Recruiting for a Startup? First Figure Out Who & What You Want., How to Keep Your Startup
Engineer Sane, Technical Recruiters Get a Bad Rap
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Specify position
Culture, Skills,
Experience Level
Identify ideal candidate
Who matches & does NOT
match?
Communicate criteria
To everyone: employees
& entire network.
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Pre-sourcing. Sourcing. Interviewing. Closing.
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Don’t hire a recruiter at this stage.
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Get out more!
hackathons
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Git online!
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Validate candidate.
Assess their needs,
skills, experience &
interest.
Pitch the company.
Vision, why candidate is a
fit & story that meets
their needs.
Explain process.
Employees, recruiters &
referrals.
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Pre-sourcing. Sourcing. Interviewing. Closing.
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Explain to candidate the
interview process.
Steps of the process.
Who they will meet.
When to expect an
answer.
Interview the candidate.
Divvy up areas & review
questions.
Every interview MUST tell
vision.
What it’s like to work
there.
Evaluate the candidate.
No communication
during interview.
Have criteria set &
measure every
candidate the same.
Feedback system.
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Make them solve REAL problems.
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Phone
screen
first.
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3 Keys to an Interview
• Make the candidate comfortable
• Background interests
• Have them teach you something
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Early Stage Employee DNA
• Adaptability
• Productivity
• Quality
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Evaluation Criteria
• Process
• Estimating complexity
• Testing
• Refactoring
• Acknowledging their limits!
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Before you talk numbers...
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Sell your vision.
Sell freedom.
Sell working for YOU!
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Crafting an offer.
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Offer
• Role
• Numbers
• Leave room for negotiation
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How to definitely get rejected!
• Low ball offer.
• Aggressive offer deadlines.
• Not address needs.
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REJECTED.
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Why?
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Q&A
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Appendix
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Motivation
Why do you want to work at a startup?
Why do you want to work at this startup?
What do you need from me to be productive?
How do you keep up with tech trends?
Technology Acumen
What technologies are you familiar with i.e. can you actually write code in?
Can you handle full stack development (front to back end)?
Do you do TDD/BDD?
What are the gaps in your skill set or knowledge? Are you willing to help recruit people who can compliment you?
How would you scale a system from 1-10, 10-10k, 10k-1M users, and do so with in a fixed budget?
Are you familiar with: security, monitoring, backup stores, deployment, scaling, performance tuning?
Process
How do you interact with product managers and designers?
How would you implement an agile development team?
How do you evaluate a build vs. buy situation?
How do you ensure code quality?
What is your process for handling technical debt?
Mini Project
Come up with a small project that you think will take them either a couple days to 1 week to implement. Can be as simple as
integrate signups with email marketing provider.
Grade on attention to detail (quality), how accurately they implemented what you wanted (capable of building & shipping), and
turnaround time (speed).
Sample interview questions.
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Resources
Books
Basic Black by Cathie Black
Good Boss, Bad Boss by Robert Sutton
Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Secrets of Rockstart Programmers by Ed Burns
Smart & Gets Things Done by Joel Spolsky
The Leadership Pipeline by Charan, Drotter, Noel
The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard
Blog Posts
http://femgineer.com/2011/12/blurred-vision-is-better-than-blindness/
http://femgineer.com/2010/05/startup-engineer-which-number-is-
right-for-you/
http://femgineer.com/2012/10/optimizing-outsourcing/
http://femgineer.com/2012/10/where-to-find-femgineers/
Podcasts
Hire & Retain Talent - Barry Deutsch & Brad Remillard
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Infrastructure
Application Hosting
Website Hosting
Code Repository
Backups, Security
Product Features
Deployment
Testing
Continuous Integration
Release Cycles
App Store
Maintenance Technical Debt
Org Efficiency
Email Server
Email Marketing
Social Media
Data & Analytics
Engineering Department
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Roles
Front End Interactions: JavaScript, HTML/CSS
Back End Algorithms, Features, Scaling
Architect Understands entire system.
DBA or DevOps Data Storage, security, scaling
Growth Hacker Get me more users!
Language Specific Rails Developer
Mobile Developer iOS or Android Developer
CTO/VP of Eng Manager
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Recruiting Technical Talent for Early Stage Startups

  • 1. Technical Recruiting Poornima Vijayashanker EIR @ 500 Startups April 24, 2014 1
  • 2. • Right time to recruit • Sourcing candidates • Interview process • Crafting an offer • Closing candidates Agenda 2
  • 3. Recruiting is a sales process. 3
  • 4. What do the BEST sales people do? 4
  • 6. They get you to buy! 6
  • 7. 7
  • 10. Right time. Supplemental Reading: How to Keep Your Startup Engineer Sane 10
  • 13. Communicate criteria. Supplemental Reading: Recruiting for a Startup? First Figure Out Who & What You Want., How to Keep Your Startup Engineer Sane, Technical Recruiters Get a Bad Rap 13
  • 14. Specify position Culture, Skills, Experience Level Identify ideal candidate Who matches & does NOT match? Communicate criteria To everyone: employees & entire network. 14
  • 16. Don’t hire a recruiter at this stage. 16
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  • 20. Validate candidate. Assess their needs, skills, experience & interest. Pitch the company. Vision, why candidate is a fit & story that meets their needs. Explain process. Employees, recruiters & referrals. 20
  • 22. Explain to candidate the interview process. Steps of the process. Who they will meet. When to expect an answer. Interview the candidate. Divvy up areas & review questions. Every interview MUST tell vision. What it’s like to work there. Evaluate the candidate. No communication during interview. Have criteria set & measure every candidate the same. Feedback system. 22
  • 23. Make them solve REAL problems. 23
  • 25. 3 Keys to an Interview • Make the candidate comfortable • Background interests • Have them teach you something 25
  • 26. Early Stage Employee DNA • Adaptability • Productivity • Quality 26
  • 27. Evaluation Criteria • Process • Estimating complexity • Testing • Refactoring • Acknowledging their limits! 27
  • 28. Before you talk numbers... 28
  • 29. Sell your vision. Sell freedom. Sell working for YOU! 29
  • 31. Offer • Role • Numbers • Leave room for negotiation 31
  • 32. How to definitely get rejected! • Low ball offer. • Aggressive offer deadlines. • Not address needs. 32
  • 37. Motivation Why do you want to work at a startup? Why do you want to work at this startup? What do you need from me to be productive? How do you keep up with tech trends? Technology Acumen What technologies are you familiar with i.e. can you actually write code in? Can you handle full stack development (front to back end)? Do you do TDD/BDD? What are the gaps in your skill set or knowledge? Are you willing to help recruit people who can compliment you? How would you scale a system from 1-10, 10-10k, 10k-1M users, and do so with in a fixed budget? Are you familiar with: security, monitoring, backup stores, deployment, scaling, performance tuning? Process How do you interact with product managers and designers? How would you implement an agile development team? How do you evaluate a build vs. buy situation? How do you ensure code quality? What is your process for handling technical debt? Mini Project Come up with a small project that you think will take them either a couple days to 1 week to implement. Can be as simple as integrate signups with email marketing provider. Grade on attention to detail (quality), how accurately they implemented what you wanted (capable of building & shipping), and turnaround time (speed). Sample interview questions. 37
  • 38. Resources Books Basic Black by Cathie Black Good Boss, Bad Boss by Robert Sutton Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson Secrets of Rockstart Programmers by Ed Burns Smart & Gets Things Done by Joel Spolsky The Leadership Pipeline by Charan, Drotter, Noel The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard Blog Posts http://femgineer.com/2011/12/blurred-vision-is-better-than-blindness/ http://femgineer.com/2010/05/startup-engineer-which-number-is- right-for-you/ http://femgineer.com/2012/10/optimizing-outsourcing/ http://femgineer.com/2012/10/where-to-find-femgineers/ Podcasts Hire & Retain Talent - Barry Deutsch & Brad Remillard 38
  • 39. Infrastructure Application Hosting Website Hosting Code Repository Backups, Security Product Features Deployment Testing Continuous Integration Release Cycles App Store Maintenance Technical Debt Org Efficiency Email Server Email Marketing Social Media Data & Analytics Engineering Department 39
  • 40. Roles Front End Interactions: JavaScript, HTML/CSS Back End Algorithms, Features, Scaling Architect Understands entire system. DBA or DevOps Data Storage, security, scaling Growth Hacker Get me more users! Language Specific Rails Developer Mobile Developer iOS or Android Developer CTO/VP of Eng Manager 40