Startup Recruitment Failures

The 21st episode of Startup Recruitment Failures brings us to Portugal, where we'll talk with the local startup founders. Mindaugas, CEO, Co-Founder at Coho and an ex-recruiter, will share his insights into the startup recruitment process. He's convinced, that the worst mistake is not carving out the time for the recruitment process while being a hiring manager.

Interviewing process is a theater, states Olegas, Engineering Manager at Meta. Candidate can dress the part and act as described by the script. If you know your role well enough, you can easily fake even passion or approach to diversity. Since diversity is vital not only for the team's mental health but also for business, being objective and searching for historical signals can help to identify the impostor.

Turing College is the first Lithuanian company backed by Y Combinator, at the moment having students from 20 countries. In this episode, Benas Šidlauskas, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer shares how Turing College developed and encountered a few tricky hiring failures, and talks about the importance of in-depth screening and having insightful data about the candidate.

Even before the pandemic, MailerLite practiced a fully remote way of working. Until now they think it's the best way to work and cooperate within your team. In this episode, Ilma Tiki, the CEO, and Co-Founder at the Remote Company (the COO at MailerLite) shares her insights on hiring - proceeding with selection using writing tasks, not falling for a candidate's positivity, and making sure your company is inclusive.

Revolut is conquering the world - currently having almost 6,000 people employed. Andrius Biceika has been a part of this incredible journey for six years. In this episode, he shares tips and tricks on hiring, talks about the importance of the probation period, and choosing the right questions for filtering that perfect match for your startup.

Hostinger can be proud of more than 1,000 employees and offices successfully established abroad. In this episode, Arnas Stuopelis, CEO at Hostinger, shares his experience on hiring decision-making, dealing with a pathological liar in the workplace, and staying true to yourself in times of emotional farewells.

Do everything that it takes to find a hidden, talented hire. Fight your internal, unconscious biases, go through hundreds of applications if needed, and make sure you have a diverse talent pool. These are only a few pieces of advice from the Ex-Director of Product at Shopify, Andrius Šlimas. From a small team in Lithuania to being a part of a massive company - learn from one of our inspiring stories.

Building the team is like making soup: each ingredient affects the taste, quality, and consistency of the final result - just how a new hire can change the overall vibe of a team. That's why Linas Armalys, CEO at Noviti Finance advises on starting a business with people you trust completely and have an emotional glue with.

Do you know how hard it is to build a company of 2000 employees and deal with the issues on the way? In this episode, Jonas Karklys, Co-Founder a NordVPN, talks about the difficulties of scaling internationally and shares some tips on how to overcome them. There will be perseverance and hustling involved, but success will be yours - keep pushing!

If there is one thing that people should know about startups, it's the culture and attitude. This is what matters the most - says Julius, CEO at Cloudvisor. We can gain experience and learn new skills, but changing the approach and mindset is a tough task. Listen or read more about how hiring less skilled colleagues could benefit your startup growth and why you need to experiment in the early stage of business.