Start With Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast: Recent Episodes
Grace Tyson & Ben Battaglia
Join Ben & Grace as they explore talent acquisition, hiring, and the challenge of building an amazing team—one interview at a time.
A warm welcome to Anita Grantham, Chief People Officer at Pluralsight.
In addition to rocking our world with wisdom about building a modern, strategic people organization—she's also just plain fun to chat with. Listen in to hear:
- How people leaders can be strategic business leaders—and what to ask the CEO during an interview to evaluate the opportunity
- What leadership traits are needed for people leaders to lead high-growth teams
- How to nurture values and purpose within a company
- How people leaders can focus on "building great products" through creating rather than complaining
And that just scratches the surface.
A big thanks to Anita for sharing her wisdom, fun, and Frozen 2 lyrics with us!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn!
This concludes Season 1 of the podcast! Thanks for listening!
We're excited to welcome Kerri McKinney, Executive Recruiter at Modern Ventures to the pod (a quick note—when we recorded this, Kerri was serving as the Global Head of Talent at Terminal).
Kerri shares years of hard-earned wisdom about leading talent teams remotely, including...
- How remote hiring and employment will evolve over the coming years
- How managers need to think differently about communicating with and managing their teams in a remote environment
- How to interview differently when hiring remotely
- The challenges of hybrid models vs fully remote
Oh, and did we mention that Kerri forecasted Ben's abduction by aliens? Don't miss this phenomenal episode with Kerri McKinney!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
Please give a warm Start with Who welcome to everyone's favorite...
Former HR Leader. Speaker. Author. Podcaster. And Badass.
That's right, we've got Laurie Ruettimann on the podcast to chat about fixing work and her new book, Betting on You. Dive into this episode to follow along as we talk about...
- Why we can't count on HR to fix work, and how to start fixing it ourselves
- Why each of us should be willing to become a slacker at work
- How to champion yourself and find more purpose in work and life
- Why managerial overconfidence is so dangerous in an interview process
- And so much more!
Thanks for coming on, Laurie. We're toasting our Jeni's Ice Cream to you!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
We're ecstatic to welcome friend of the pod, Megan Jarvis to Start with Who!
Megan is the VP of Talent at Lessonly, where she's helped grow the team from ~40 to over 200. Listen along with this episode to hear:
- How the role of talent leader changes as the company scales and enters new stages
- How talent leaders can show up at the executive table as a strategic partner
- How to infuse values through the hiring and onboarding process—and build a community that lives out those values at work
- How Lessonly achieved gender parity, now with more women than men on the team!
Thanks for joining us Megan!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
A big welcome to Bailey Douglass, VP of People & Place at Mode! Bailey has been with Mode as they've scaled over the last few years, and had a first-hand look at just how important it is to get hiring right—especially when hiring managers. Listen in to hear:
- How to design an interview process to hire great managers
- Why it's so important to evaluate a candidate's judgement
- What red flags to look for when bringing on a manager
- The value of self-reflection and ability to recieve feedback when leading people
A big thanks to Bailey for joining us!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
We're glad to have Brad Voorhees on Start with Who! Brad is the VP of People at not one, but two companies—Blue Wheel and Trevco. Catch his learnings about:
- How to create values that stick with employees—and actually make an impact
- Why every business should start thinking about talent experience more than HR
- How building a diverse team is a flywheel to a more diverse and inclusive team
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
This is an exciting one! We're welcoming Kristy Nittskoff, CHRO at CentralSquare to the show.
Kristy has spent her career building and consulting on talent acquisition, recruiting, and HR. She has boundless wisdom to share with us about building a healthy organization—esepcially as it relates to hiring. Listen in to hear:
- The number one mistake talent acquistion teams make (hint, it starts with "DAY" and ends with "TAH")
- Why time-to-fill is less important than conversion metrics
- How listening, communication, and feedback loops can radically improve the effectiveness of TA
- How talent and hiring managers can work together better to make amazing hires
This one is chock-full of gold. We hope you'll join us!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
We're back at it on Start with Who, with another phenomenal guest, Ryan Landau. Ryan is the Founder of purpose.jobs, which connects top talent with purpose-driven startups based on values, experience and culture fit—with a focus on the Midwest!
Join us to learn from Ryan:
- How big companies are shifting their talent searches from the coast to the heartland
- Advice for tackling these changes in terms of remote work, compensation, and tending to values/culture
- Why communication and curiousity are essential traits to lean into as you search for talent
- And much more!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
We're ecstatic to welcome our new friend Jane Jaxon from Wistia to Start with Who! Jane is a serial people leader at scale-up companies—and she in this episode, she'll share:
- A few stories of culture-building from her VP of People playbook
- How to navigate changes as the business evolves
- The tactics Wistia is using to revamp their hiring and encourage DE&I
- The importance of hard work upfront to recruit a great team—and the long-term impact on the business
P.S. Thanks to Wistia for hosting this podcast!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
We're back and excited to be joined by Alyson Basso, Head of Talent at Dig. Dig is an American chain of locally farm sourced restaurants (did we mention their delicious sweet potatoes?)
Alyson helps Dig hire chefs-in-training, restaurant leaders, support (office) staff, and more for across multiple cities and 20+ restaurants. Listen in to hear:
- How candidate experience should be like a customer experience
- How to create an interview process that evaluates people QUICKLY so that Dig can hire great people at scale (spoiler alert: it involves Legos).
- How to ensure a healthy, unified culture across many locations
- Grace fangirl about how much she loves ALL the food at Dig!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
Grace and Ben give a warm welcome to Daniel Barber! Daniel has a wealth of tech leadership experience and is currently the CEO & Co-founder at DataGrail. A few years back, he wrote a piece for Salesforce entitled "What I’ve Learned from Interviewing 1,000 People." This article captivated us, and we wanted him on the show! Daniel did not disappoint, chatting about:
- How the most successful people have deep passion for the mission—and how to discern if candidates have it
- The importance of building diverse teams—and the dangers of pattern-matching against your own biases.
- The value of being in person for interviews
- How to build a "winning team" and look for value alignment, not "culture fit"
- And of course, don't forget the speed round...are centipedes proof of aliens?!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
Welcome back to another episosde of Start with Who!
We're excited to welcome Leah Knobler to the show. Leah (pronounced like the princess) is the Director of Talent Acquistion at Help Scout. Not only does she school Ben in the wonders of natural wine, but she brings insights about:
- What Help Scout has learned as a remote-first company over years and years
- A hot take on the challenges of hybrid workforces
- The story of becoming a B-corp and why that's meaningful to their culture
- How to encourage DEI remotely
- And much more! (Seriously, the speed round is always the best part :) )
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
Welcome to the very first episode of Start with Who!
Grace and Ben kick it off by chatting David Kingsley and Jill Bone.
David is the CHRO at Alteryx and worked at notable companies like Salesforce, Accenture, Booz Allen, and more. Jill is the SVP of Talent of Alteryx and is ALSO equally laudable, but with previously experience at Workday and Salesforce. They are talented and delightful to chat with.
In short—they've helped run talent acquisition at some of the most impressive companies on earth, and we get to pick their brains.In this episode, we'll discuss:
- The importance of humanity in running a great interview process, and the time David gave a candidate a do-over.
- How to train and coach hiring managers to be active partners in hiringHow make your candidate experience feel like the Apple Store.
- Which metrics matter most in measuring the health of your interview process
- For the candidates out there—Jill's tips for ace-ing a hiring process.
- And more...don't forget the speed round at the end!
Thanks for listening to Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast! This podcast is presented by Luma—where we're on a mission to make hiring and interviewing more efficient and equitable. Come check out what we're building, or connect with Grace and Ben on LinkedIn! See you next time!
Welcome to the first episode of Start with Who: The Interview Intelligence Podcast. We're Grace and Ben, and we're on a mission to build a new company...and we know that starts with building a great team. So we're meeting with some of the world's best people leaders, from CEOs to Chief People Officers to talent leaders to find out how to be AMAZING at interviewing, hiring, and team-building.
We'd love for you to join us. Hit subscribe to get the first few episodes when they launch—or visit us at lumateams.com/podcast to see what else we're up to!
Until then—here's to humanity over everything.