Shraddha Sunil & Mudit Saraf on AI in Recruiting

The job market today is tough. AI is making it more difficult for companies to find qualified candidates, and for qualified candidates to standout. Two tech industry veterans dug in to find out what is going on and wrote an eye opening article in the Harvard Business Review about what is going on and how to improve the system for everyone.  Shraddha Sunil and Mudit Saraf spoke with Elizabeth Ames about their recent article and recommendations for improving the system for all participants. 00:00 Welcome and HBR Article 02:07 Why Study Recruiting AI 03:11 Research and Interviews 05:39 AI Flooding Applications 08:22 Recruiters Lose Resume Trust 10:23 Broken Signals and School Filters 12:41 Interview Cheating and Proxy Hires 17:26 Entry Level vs Senior Roles 19:37 Company Costs and ATS Changes 22:44 AI Interviewing Tools Explained 25:59 Rubrics Privacy and Bias 31:54 Surfacing Hidden Talent 33:28 Structured AI Interviews 36:07 Fixes for Hiring Leaders 40:18 Risks of Closed Hiring 43:18 Advice for Job Seekers 46:32 Build Projects and Specialize 48:21 Wrap Up and Thanks 📚Resources: - HBR article “AI Has Broken Hiring. Here’s How To Fix It” 🌟 Where to find Shraddha Sunil & Mudit Saraf: - On LinkedIn Shraddha Sunil https://www.linkedin.com/in/shraddhasunil/ - On LinkedIn Mudit Saraf https://www.linkedin.com/in/mudit-saraf/ Where to find our hosts: - Shannon Peavey https://www.linkedin.com/in/spmad/ - Elizabeth Ames https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethames/ 🙋🏻‍♀️Where to find Women in Product: - On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-product/posts/ - Website https://womenpm.org/ - Join the Community https://womenpm.org/wip-community/ <!--THE END--> - Product Rising on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/product-rising/id1584224561 <!--THE END--> - Product Rising on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7bcyVhpdhw0hbiRr6O4h1U <!--THE END--> - Product Rising on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLijcNLDj\QE2ge6Wqeh0MLx\qMKwot--9