#10, Tigran Sloyan, CodeSignal Founder: Looking Beyond The Resume To Decode The Startup Talent Dilemma

On this milestone tenth episode of the 1st10 Podcast, hosts Boris Epstein and Alexis Munger interview the founder and CEO of CodeSignal, Tigran Sloyan. They discuss Tigran's journey from Armenia, to MIT, to founding CodeSignal. Tigran also shares some incredible insights on identifying great early engineers for startups, and his perspectives on the recruiting industry. On today's episode, XYZ talks about: Helping Kids To Learn Better - "The current funnel, the way it's designed, it doesn't cater to the different learning-styles. And it just sort of fails everybody involved because you try to cater to everyone while in the process failing everyone." - Tigran Sloyan (11:12) Personality Is Not A Type - "I think most people misunderstand personality as a type, especially since things like Myers-Briggs popularized typing people, which makes it easy for us to think about, but it's always (A) it depends and it's a spectrum." - Tigran Sloyan (20:48) Be Aware of your Own Biases - "We're biased about many, many, many things because we try to create the shortcuts! And it's part of everyone's growth to be aware of their biases and try to keep them in check in places where it's going to hurt them and their business." - Tigran Sloyan (29:44) Recruitment is a ‘Matching Problem’ - "You've got to remember that it's a matching problem, right? Not a one-way street. I see so many people show up to interviews and think like, 'If I can only like represent myself in the best light...' And they forget that it's a matching problem, as in you're interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you!" - Tigran Sloyan (33:03) Do not miss Tigran's advice on recruitment -- for both founders hiring engineers and engineers looking to join -- early stage startups! Chapters 00:00 - Introduction & Teaser 04:30 - Tigran Sloyan's Journey from Armenia to CodeSignal 11:42 - Attributes of Great Early Engineers 15:46 - Building CodeSignal - Mistakes, Corrections, and Luck 19:15 - Spotting Good Signal in Resumes 23:13 - About CodeSignal and Its Mission 27:18 - Early Stage Hiring - Bias, Weak Signals, and Advice 35:54 - Recruiting & The Importance of Psychology 38:38 - Conclusion Connect with us Website: www.1st10.com Podcast: www.1st10.com/podcast  Twitter www.x.com/1st10engineers LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/1st10/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@1st10podcast  Links: Tigran Sloyan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tigransloyan CodeSignal: https://codesignal.com/ Music by ⁠Roman Senyk⁠ from ⁠Pixabay⁠Producer: Shrikant Joshi

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