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0 pointscushychicken1y ago0 comments

That’s an interesting thesis.

I know recruitment firms serve some of the phone screen purpose you’re proposing, but just with basic Q/A of resumes.

I think, if I were looking to hire you, I’d be wondering how alike your working style was to that of me and my team. I’d want to know how much I could trust your judgment in a candidate’s technical approach.

I’d also offer that you can’t really outsource the job of evaluating cultural fit - which is still really important in spite of all the baggage that term carries.

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cporios1y ago

Thank you - we think we’re at least 10x better than a non-technical recruiter (also because they have completely different incentives).

These reservations are fair. Hopefully, eventually we’ll have enough endorsements and references to give you some confidence. If you’d like to give us a try before then, happy to talk whenever at founders@touvlo.co!

We don’t do cultural fit at all, and we don’t intend to. I agree this is very important, yet very difficult and inefficient to outsource. We don’t aim to replace all interviewing: becoming a better substitute for early-stage technical screening is more than enough.

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