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Wavelength in conversation with Q Hamirani, former Global People Leader at Airbnb Making Waves
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- Business
Wavelength’s Adrian Simpson speaks to Q Hamirani, Airbnb’s former Global People Leader, about the culture and values of Airbnb, how they focus relentlessly on embedding those values across the entire business and how they are part of the DNA of the organisation.
Did you know that every candidate at Airbnb has to go through two core values interviews?
And if you fail one of those two core values interviews you cannot get through the interview process!
Q also shares what he thinks are the best interview questions to ask, to find out if candidates are really the right person for the role, including talking about failure as part of learning.
Adrian delves into how Airbnb get the balance right between attracting people who are a good culture fit for the organisation, whilst ensuring they recruit a strong, diverse team. It’s not solely about having a diverse group of candidates, but also about having a diverse hiring panel.
Hear how they re-wrote the playbook on 'how to do layoffs' with respect and empathy at the toughest of times, when they were forced to make huge layoffs following COVID. From one-on-one conversations for all those who were laid off, to demonstrating accountability from Brian Chesky in in-person meetings, to offering 12 months of healthcare coverage, to creating a new recruiting a platform to support their people in finding new jobs. It didn’t matter what the ’norm' was. It was all about building their own play-book, pushing boundaries and doing things that hadn’t been done before.
Q shares his personal experiences at Airbnb, why he believes that both remote and office-based working will always exist.
Find out about the introduction of Airbnb's all-inclusive Digital Nomad Programme - which became the essence of their Live and Work Anywhere programme.
Adrian and Q also discuss how to drive connectivity in a virtual world and the importance of intentional connectivity - whether that’s through in person or virtual events.
Wavelength’s Adrian Simpson speaks to Q Hamirani, Airbnb’s former Global People Leader, about the culture and values of Airbnb, how they focus relentlessly on embedding those values across the entire business and how they are part of the DNA of the organisation.
Did you know that every candidate at Airbnb has to go through two core values interviews?
And if you fail one of those two core values interviews you cannot get through the interview process!
Q also shares what he thinks are the best interview questions to ask, to find out if candidates are really the right person for the role, including talking about failure as part of learning.
Adrian delves into how Airbnb get the balance right between attracting people who are a good culture fit for the organisation, whilst ensuring they recruit a strong, diverse team. It’s not solely about having a diverse group of candidates, but also about having a diverse hiring panel.
Hear how they re-wrote the playbook on 'how to do layoffs' with respect and empathy at the toughest of times, when they were forced to make huge layoffs following COVID. From one-on-one conversations for all those who were laid off, to demonstrating accountability from Brian Chesky in in-person meetings, to offering 12 months of healthcare coverage, to creating a new recruiting a platform to support their people in finding new jobs. It didn’t matter what the ’norm' was. It was all about building their own play-book, pushing boundaries and doing things that hadn’t been done before.
Q shares his personal experiences at Airbnb, why he believes that both remote and office-based working will always exist.
Find out about the introduction of Airbnb's all-inclusive Digital Nomad Programme - which became the essence of their Live and Work Anywhere programme.
Adrian and Q also discuss how to drive connectivity in a virtual world and the importance of intentional connectivity - whether that’s through in person or virtual events.
1 hr