Welcome back to The Mixed Grill, the official podcast of the Recruitment Curry Club, hosted by Nitin Sharma and Bobby Banerjee.

In this week’s episode, Nitin and Bobby dive into a hilarious and surprisingly insightful phone-in special (well… voice-note special because it’s 2025 and nobody wants a real phone-in on a Friday at 1:55pm). Expect unfiltered nonsense, actual recruitment wisdom, and more unsolicited life advice than anyone asked for.

From Mike’s morphine-fuelled messages, Sarah from NumberMill’s party trick interrogation, and mystery questions about makeup artists, to the genuinely thoughtful discussions on:

• Why AI panic and AI hype are both missing the point
• The “human premium” and why recruitment is splitting into two very distinct camps
• KPI myths, the curse of 360 obsession, and why putting the right humans in the right roles fixes most problems
• Why billing managers don’t work
• Why recruiters should stop lying to themselves about “the good old days”
• The biggest and most expensive mistakes recruitment owners make (hint: cars, offices, tax, and ego)
• Cultural fit, sorting-hat recruitment, and why some great recruiters fail in the wrong environments
• What movie best describes their careers (spoiler: The Goonies and Pulp Fiction both get a shout)

This episode is unfiltered and absolutely packed with the kind of fun, chaos, and surprisingly sharp recruitment conversation that makes the Recruitment Curry Club community what it is.

🔥 Who This Episode Is For

• Recruiters who love the industry but refuse to take it too seriously
• Recruitment founders wanting honest talk without LinkedIn fluff
• L&D, enablement and ops folks who want to understand behavioural fit
• Anyone curious about AI’s real impact on recruitment
• Fans of chaotic humour, cultural references, and two blokes oversharing
• Curry Club members who know exactly why this WhatsApp group is so special

🔗 Connect with the hosts

Bobby Banerjee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbybanerjee/

Nitin Sharma: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitin-rectools/

Get your fill of curry, banter, and brilliant recruitment minds at The Recruitment Curry Club:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-recruitment-curry-club/

New episodes of The Mixed Grill drop every Thursday.

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