Geeks Who Lead Podcast How to Hire 100 Engineers in a Year with Cat Miller
Hypergrowth is what every startup dreams of, but actually filling the seemingly unlimited positions available is incredibly taxing on employees. Cat Miller is the Vice President at Flatiron Health. At one point, she took on the enormous burden of interviewing at least four people a week. Recognizing the strain on resources, she and her team set out to streamline their hiring process.
Today, Cat is sharing what she’s learned from her year of panic in which she hired 100 engineers, as well as how Flatiron is structuring their current hiring process. She also discusses the training each interviewer must undergo before their first interview. Listen in for her hiring insights.
- [01:25] - Cat's early career
- [05:11] - Managing humans at Flatiron Health
- [08:25] - Product and platform team alignment
- [13:57] - Scaling hiring during hypergrowth
- [22:29] - The one-fourth rule
- [23:39] - Helping engineers become good interviewers
- [24:46] - Question maestros
- [26:27] - Hiring to match values and culture
- [28:41] - Rubric for humility
- [29:51] - Compensation strategy
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