Why your next recruiter might be a bot: inside AI-first hiring with Max Armbruster @ Talkpush

About this episode

In this episode, Anna Nadeina interviews Max Armbruster about AI-driven recruitment and the challenges of high-volume hiring.

saas.unbound is a podcast for and about founders who are working on scaling inspiring products that people love, brought to you by https://saas.group/ , a serial acquirer of B2B SaaS companies. In episode #8 of season 6, Anna Nadeina talks with Max Armbruster, founder of Talkpush, a conversational AI-driven recruitment platform designed to automate high-volume hiring processes. ----------- Episode's Chapters ----------- 0:05 — Introduction and Hiring Challenges 1:18 — First Principles of Recruitment 3:44 — Bias and Company Culture 6:07 — Founder Involvement in Hiring 7:56 — TalkPush Origin Story 9:26 — Building a Remote International Team 13:03 — Remote Work Culture and Cadence 20:37 — AI Voice Interviews and Screening 24:03 — Preventing Cheating in AI Interviews 30:51 — Bootstrap vs VC Funding Journey 41:44 — Lessons Learned and Actionable Advice Max - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxarmbruster/ Talkpush - https://www.talkpush.com/ Subscribe to our channel to be the first to see the interviews that we publish - https://www.youtube.com/@saas-group Stay up to date: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaaS_group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/14790796

People in this episode

Host: Anna Nadeina

Guest: Max Armbruster

Topics covered

• AI in recruitment
• high-volume hiring
• remote work culture
• bias in hiring
• founder involvement
• actionable advice

Keywords

• AI recruitment
• Talkpush
• hiring challenges
• remote teams
• interview automation
• founder stories

Sponsors

SaaS Group

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Talkpush, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter

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