The Craft of Recruiting with Paula Judge, VP Talent at Accel

The Gradience

Great interviews are built on your capacity to learn a lot about a prospect and the applicant's ability to show you who they are, what they have done, and how they are the greatest match for the position.

Interviews are about making your time with the candidate effective, getting the knowledge and information you need, and giving the candidate the information they need to make a decision.

However, providing the information the candidate needs is essential to hiring the right person for the right job at the right time.

A long hiring process is unnecessary for an early-stage startup. However, a well-structured hiring and interview process is vital.

In this episode of The Gradience Podcast, guest host, Brian Bocchino, is joined by Paula Judge, VP of Talent at Accel.

They cover:

👉 [ 00:02:01 ] Connecting with people and building relationships are very important to being successful at a job

👉 [ 00:02:51 ] The fundamental part of developing the skillset skill to build relationships and connecting with people is predicated on answering the following questions:

• What motivates them?
• What makes somebody tick?
• What are their desires?
• How do you connect with what's meaningful to them?

👉 [ 00:05:05 ] "You learn the craft of recruiting by doing it". You need to have a lot of searches, people, clients and challenging situations

👉 [ 00:11:26 ] In recruiting, the goal is to get the right person on board so they can begin earnestly and impact the company

👉 [ 00:21:57 ] Interviewing is a skill. It's a craft that you can learn and be better at it with each interview session

👉 [ 00:22:40 ] Great interviews are predicated on your ability to get substantial knowledge about a candidate and the candidate having the experience of truly being able to show you who they are, what they accomplished, and how they are the best fit for the role

👉 [ 00:25:01 ] Interviews are about making your time with the candidate effective and getting the knowledge and information you need, and also giving the candidates the information they need to make a decision

👉 [ 00:25:10 ] Giving the knowledge and information that the candidate need is essential to hiring the right person for the right job and at the right time

👉 [ 00:026:30 ] For an early-stage company doesn't need a lengthy recruiting process. However, you need a well-structured recruiting process as well as the interview process

👉 [ 00:027:00 ] Never hire somebody without really understanding the business problem you are planning to solve

👉 [ 00:027:30 ] Start with the fundamentals of the problem and then begin to scope a role around the problem

👉 [ 00:32:16 ] If your company's at a point where it's ready to grow, being a talent magnet, a strong manager, and understanding how to build in levels and career growth and career progression, is the most important thing

If you’re interested in getting team-building tips from a successful founder, want a peek into being a founder in an unexplored niche, want to learn how to create an organic culture for your team, interested in knowing what it's like to be a founder in an unfamiliar industry, want to build a cross-functional team and a team with the right atmosphere, tune in to this episode of The Gradience Podcast, a Podcast by Build Talent.

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About the Show

“The Gradience” is a podcast by Build Talent & hosted by Nigel Robinson, wherein each episode, we’ll be speaking with a founder or expert as we discuss the art & science of hiring leaders, why it matters, and how you can keep up.

The Gradience is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Previous guests include: Riley Ennis of Freenome, Matt Birnbaum of Pear VC, Derek Lo of Medallion, Chandan Lodha of CoinTracker, Jennifer Smith of Scribe
Check out our 3 most downloaded episodes:

• Prioritizing Culture with Riley Ennis, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Freenome
• Acquiring Your Dream Team with Evan Walden, Co-Founder & CEO of Getro
• The Role of Data Science in Early Stage Companies, with Kevin Novak, Managing Partner & Founder at Rackhouse Venture Capital