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Automating hiring before fixing interviews is the wrong order
The risk is not that AI replaces human judgement. The risk is that teams automate around weak judgement instead of improving it.HR teams are under pressure to do more with less.Hiring managers want faster shortlists. Candidates want clearer communication. Leaders want better decisions, ...
Candidates need clearer interviews too
A strong interview answer is not just a story. It is evidence of judgement, action and impact.Candidates are facing a harder hiring market.More people are applying for the same roles. Processes are slower. Interview stages can feel harder to read. It can be difficult to stand out withou...
AI will not fix hiring teams that still run weak interviews
AI can make hiring faster. It cannot make a weak interview process fair, structured or evidence-led by default.AI is already changing how internal recruitment teams work.It can help draft job descriptions, summarise conversations, support candidate communication, reduce coordination wor...
How to interview when the role will change before the person starts
In a startup, you are not only hiring for the role in front of you. You are hiring for the role it may become.Startup roles rarely stay still.A person may join to solve one problem, then find themselves solving a different one 6 months later. The product may shift. The market may narrow...
Stop hiring heroes but build a repeatable interview system instead.
A scaling company cannot rely on heroic judgement. It needs repeatable evidence.Every founder wants people who can raise the level of the company.In the early days, that often turns into hero hiring: looking for the unusually brilliant person who can solve everything, move faster than e...
Don't miss your chance to enter the Cambridge Independent Business Awards
You have until 11.59pm on Sunday, July 12 to enter the Cambridge Independent Business Awards 2026. ...
CWOW 2026 draws record-breaking 5,000+ attendance from UK’s Golden Innovation Corridor and beyond
Cambridge Wide Open Week (CWOW) 2026 welcomed a record-breaking audience of more than 5,000 attendees, marking its largest edition to date and highlighting the growing strength of the UK’s Golden Innovation Corridor connecting Oxford, London and Cambridge. ...
Remote-first hiring only works when the interview process is structured
Remote-first hiring only works when hiring managers know what to assess, what to ask and what evidence to capture.Remote-first startups have a clear advantage.They are not limited to 1 city, 1 commute radius or 1 local talent market. They can hire for the person, not the postcode.That m...
Your values page is not your culture
A startup’s culture is not what it says on the values page. It is what happens when pressure, trade-offs and hiring decisions arrive.Most startup values sound the same.Move fast. Own the outcome. Be customer obsessed. Act with integrity. Challenge the status quo.None of these are bad. T...
Generalists help startups start but specialists help them scale.
Generalists are often the reason a startup gets moving. They are not always the people who can carry every function through scale.Early startups need generalists.They need people who can move between customer calls, product feedback, sales support, hiring, operations and whatever else i...