Hiring for startups with GeekTrust founders Sneha and Krishnan!

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“If you value hiring, if you value people, you should engage!”

“Nobody wants to create a resume!”

“Too many startups check for (a candidate’s) weakness!”

– Sneha Jain and Krishnan Nair, founders of GeekTrust (platform that uses coding challenges to do hiring for startups )

This week, we catch up with the founders of GeekTrust. They’re Krishnan Nair and Sneha Jain. And our topic that we discuss in-depth is “Hiring for Startups”. Their platform is one which aims to this process fun from a candidate’s perspective. Hence, they do this through coding challenges which eliminates the need for resumes!

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Both the founders met at a previous company and realized the need for a platform that can be used to explore startup jobs. Hence, the seed for this startup was born. They give great advice both from a candidate’s perspective as well as from a hiring manager (or startup’s) perspective. Hence, If you’re looking for a startup job or looking to hire people for your own startup, this is a must-listen episode!

Following are the resources that Sneha and Krishnan mention on the show:

• GeekTrust – Startup that aims to make hiring for startups fun via coding challenges!
• Book recommendations – “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” by Ben Horowitz, “Marketing: A Love Story” by Bernadette Jiwa, “The Golden Tap…” by Kashyap Deorah, “The Shoe Dog….” the memoir by Nike’s Phil Knight and “Made to Stick…” by Chip and Dan Heath
• They also recommend “HeadFirst Series” to learn the basics of programming
• You can reach out to them as follows:
  • Krishnan – Linkedin or follow him @krishnannair or email him via krishnan AT geektrust.in
  • Sneha – Linkedin or follow her @snehajain88 or email her via sneha AT geektrust.in

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