1 hr 8 min
How Amazon Raised the Bar on Recruiting Talent | John Vlastelica Invent like an Owner with Dave Schappell
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Today, in the Invent Like An Owner Podcast, Dave speaks with John Vlastelica to talk about how Amazon scaled recruitment. They’ll discuss the origin and impact of the Bar Raiser program, where select employees helped pick top notch applicants, the birth of Making Great Hiring Decisions, Amazon’s behavioral interviewing training, how Matt Round’s MRT was designed for the interviewers not recruiters, and the challenges companies face scaling a high hiring bar.
John Vlastelica joined Amazon in 1998 as the Tech Recruiting Manager and then later became a Director of Recruiting. He helped build out the recruiting organization, programs and infrastructure during his 6 years there for what would become foundational to Amazon’s incredible employee growth.
Episode Resources:
John Vlastelica’s LinkedInConsulting and Training from John’s company, Recruiting Toolbox Website and TwitterLearn about the pros and cons of Bar Raisers: Barraisers.comDownload the Hiring Manager Maturity Model and Culture of Recruiting Best Practices: https://go.recruitingtoolbox.com/hiring-manager-maturity-modelFind Dave on LinkedIn and Twitter
What to Listen For:
00:00 Intro01:55 What is the Bar Raiser Program?08:33 Hiring people that will make the overall team better10:22 Embedding high hiring standard into every interview process12:17 Tech teams and non-tech teams have different bar standards16:34 Amazon’s Interview Training Program - Making Great Hiring Decisions20:00 The art of behavioral interviewing25:04 Some of the drawbacks of the Bar Raisers program28:30 How to scale a high hiring bar32:43 People want to hire smart folks and they depend on proxies37:21 Questions and scenarios to raise the bar mentality in the early days38:48 Spent the last 16 years building Recruiting Toolbox42:07 Overinvest in your hiring standards early44:20 Bringing ownership into the recruiting culture46:53 How John helps companies through Recruiting Toolbox51:18 MRT shifted recruiting to more pipeline oriented, and allowed feedback on interview feedback, a very amazon thing to do 55:53 Creating a culture of ownership and recruiting ownership59:03 Advice for CEOs and startups
Today, in the Invent Like An Owner Podcast, Dave speaks with John Vlastelica to talk about how Amazon scaled recruitment. They’ll discuss the origin and impact of the Bar Raiser program, where select employees helped pick top notch applicants, the birth of Making Great Hiring Decisions, Amazon’s behavioral interviewing training, how Matt Round’s MRT was designed for the interviewers not recruiters, and the challenges companies face scaling a high hiring bar.
John Vlastelica joined Amazon in 1998 as the Tech Recruiting Manager and then later became a Director of Recruiting. He helped build out the recruiting organization, programs and infrastructure during his 6 years there for what would become foundational to Amazon’s incredible employee growth.
Episode Resources:
John Vlastelica’s LinkedInConsulting and Training from John’s company, Recruiting Toolbox Website and TwitterLearn about the pros and cons of Bar Raisers: Barraisers.comDownload the Hiring Manager Maturity Model and Culture of Recruiting Best Practices: https://go.recruitingtoolbox.com/hiring-manager-maturity-modelFind Dave on LinkedIn and Twitter
What to Listen For:
00:00 Intro01:55 What is the Bar Raiser Program?08:33 Hiring people that will make the overall team better10:22 Embedding high hiring standard into every interview process12:17 Tech teams and non-tech teams have different bar standards16:34 Amazon’s Interview Training Program - Making Great Hiring Decisions20:00 The art of behavioral interviewing25:04 Some of the drawbacks of the Bar Raisers program28:30 How to scale a high hiring bar32:43 People want to hire smart folks and they depend on proxies37:21 Questions and scenarios to raise the bar mentality in the early days38:48 Spent the last 16 years building Recruiting Toolbox42:07 Overinvest in your hiring standards early44:20 Bringing ownership into the recruiting culture46:53 How John helps companies through Recruiting Toolbox51:18 MRT shifted recruiting to more pipeline oriented, and allowed feedback on interview feedback, a very amazon thing to do 55:53 Creating a culture of ownership and recruiting ownership59:03 Advice for CEOs and startups
1 hr 8 min