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Tigran Sloyan discusses how CodeSignal is transforming hiring practices by focusing on skills rather than resumes in an AI-driven labor market.

In a labor market being rewired by AI, CodeSignal is betting that skills, not resumes, will decide who thrives. For this episode of The Deep View: Conversations, I talked with Tigran Sloyan, CEO and co-founder of CodeSignal, the company building a new standard for hiring and career mobility in the age of AI. CodeSignal’s mission starts with a simple but painful truth: resumes and interviews are a flawed way to hire talent. Countless candidates have the skills to thrive in high-paying tech roles but never get a fair shot, while others with polished credentials sometimes land jobs they’re not prepared to do. CodeSignal is flipping that equation with skills-based assessments that help employers discover candidates with real ability, and a free learning platform that helps candidates level up for the next opportunity. In my conversation with Tigran, we talked about: + Why resumes haven’t meaningfully changed in 100 years, and why it's breaking hiring + How CodeSignal measures skills, and why simulation beats multiple-choice + What AI unlocks for assessing non-technical roles such as sales and support + The dark side of AI: what CodeSignal’s research shows about cheating attempts +…

People in this episode

Host: The Deep View

Guest: Tigran Sloyan

Topics covered

• AI in hiring
• skills assessment
• job market
• career mobility
• resumes
• training

Keywords

• AI
• hiring
• skills-based assessments
• job destruction
• career mobility
• CodeSignal
• resumes
• training
• non-technical roles
• cheating attempts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CodeSignal

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