Hiring for tiny teams with Justin Jackson

About this episode

Adam discusses his recent hiring project with Justin Jackson, focusing on the recruitment process and lessons learned.

Adam just wrapped up a big hiring project at Tailwind Labs, adding both a new engineer and a new designer to the team. In this episode he talks through the process with Justin Jackson, founder of Transistor , to compare notes and record what worked, what didn't, and how he will approach hiring in the future after going through this process. Timestamps (00:00) - Talking hiring with Justin Jackson from Transistor (01:05) - Adam's recent hiring project at Tailwind Labs (02:00) - Justin's history with hiring at Transistor (03:51) - How Transistor recruited their team (05:48) - Background on Adam's hiring project (16:54) - How to stand out as a candidate (26:29) - Who applied at Tailwind Labs — and who didn't (35:26) - Who ended up getting the offers (39:28) - The interview process (53:49) - Finding candidates, relationship building, and increasing luck surface area Links Job postings for the roles at Tailwind Labs Adam on X Ben on X Justin on X

People in this episode

Host: Adam Wathan

Guest: Justin Jackson

Topics covered

• hiring
• team building
• recruitment
• entrepreneurship
• design
• engineering

Keywords

• hiring
• recruitment
• Tailwind Labs
• Transistor
• engineering
• design
• candidates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tailwind Labs, Transistor

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