Why Shopify Asks Every Candidate to Tell Their Life Story
Hiring managers keep passing on their best candidates because they haven't figured out what great looks like before the first interview starts. The strongest batch comes in early, gets overlooked, and by the time the team circles back, those people are gone. Months of searching for a needle in a haystack that was sitting on the desk the whole time.
The companies that hire well right now are the ones doing the calibration work before the search opens, and refusing to use company logos as a proxy for capability.
Simran Sidhu leads talent acquisition for Shopify's commercial teams. Before…
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