#33 - Using AI to fix job destruction, skills, and hiring - Tigran Sloyan
From The Deep View: Conversations by The Deep View
March 1, 2026 · 53 min
About this episode
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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