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Why Your Interview Process is Costing You Talent

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Your interview process might be broken—and costing you top talent.

Ex-Google & Salesforce engineer Mike Mroczka, author of Beyond Cracking the Coding

Interview, joins us again to break down what most companies get dead wrong about hiring.

Whether you're building a Salesforce team or scaling a broader tech org, this episode dives

deep into the mindset and mechanics of smarter hiring.

You’ll learn:

✔ The #1 red flag in most tech interviews (and how to fix it)

✔ Why great engineers bomb interviews—and bad ones pass

✔ The truth about "chemistry" vs. bias in hiring

✔ How to vet technical talent when you’re not technical

✔ What makes Big Tech hiring so effective (and what you can steal)

✔ Why your interview process needs to be written down—yesterday

🔥 Whether you're hiring your first developer or your fiftieth, this is the real talk every leader

needs.

🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to this episode on the Hiring Edge Podcast.

📌 Chapters

0:00 – Intro: Are You Hiring Wrong?

1:10 – Why You Need a Real Interview Process

3:30 – Vetting Engineers Without Being Technical

6:45 – Bias, Rapport & the "Likeability Trap"

9:10 – The Interview Systems That Actually Work

12:00 – Trial Periods: Good Idea or Red Flag?

14:20 – What Big Tech Gets Right (And You Can Too)

17:05 – Take-Home Tests: Pros, Cons, & Pay

19:30 – The Only Hiring Metric That Really Matters

21:45 – Final Thoughts & Podcast Info

👇 LINKS:

📕 Get Mike’s book: bctci.co/amazon🌐 Visit Mike: mikemroczka.com

📢 Subscribe for more unfiltered hiring insights.

⌚ Video Duration: 00:25:31

⇉ Like this video? Smash that like button, share with your team, and don’t forget to subscribe.

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★ LINKEDIN – https://cutt.ly/7reKLyd7

★ TWITTER – https://cutt.ly/DreKLDFf

★ SUBSCRIBE – /@joshforce

⚠ DISCLAIMER:

entertainment only.

This channel does not promote or encourage any illegal activity. All content is for education and

#salesforce #techinterviews #hiringstrategy #scalefast #leadershiptips #engineeringteams

#culturefit #salesforcehiring #teamgrowth #startupleadership #businessleadership

#interviewprocess #recruitingtip

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Chapters

1. Focus on Your Interview Process (00:00:00)

2. Hiring Without Technical Expertise (00:05:11)

3. Problems with Technical Interviews (00:09:21)

4. Best vs. Worst Interview Processes (00:11:40)

5. Overcoming Bias in Hiring (00:14:20)

6. Adapting to the Current Market (00:17:25)

74 episodes

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Send us a text

Your interview process might be broken—and costing you top talent.

Ex-Google & Salesforce engineer Mike Mroczka, author of Beyond Cracking the Coding

Interview, joins us again to break down what most companies get dead wrong about hiring.

Whether you're building a Salesforce team or scaling a broader tech org, this episode dives

deep into the mindset and mechanics of smarter hiring.

You’ll learn:

✔ The #1 red flag in most tech interviews (and how to fix it)

✔ Why great engineers bomb interviews—and bad ones pass

✔ The truth about "chemistry" vs. bias in hiring

✔ How to vet technical talent when you’re not technical

✔ What makes Big Tech hiring so effective (and what you can steal)

✔ Why your interview process needs to be written down—yesterday

🔥 Whether you're hiring your first developer or your fiftieth, this is the real talk every leader

needs.

🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to this episode on the Hiring Edge Podcast.

📌 Chapters

0:00 – Intro: Are You Hiring Wrong?

1:10 – Why You Need a Real Interview Process

3:30 – Vetting Engineers Without Being Technical

6:45 – Bias, Rapport & the "Likeability Trap"

9:10 – The Interview Systems That Actually Work

12:00 – Trial Periods: Good Idea or Red Flag?

14:20 – What Big Tech Gets Right (And You Can Too)

17:05 – Take-Home Tests: Pros, Cons, & Pay

19:30 – The Only Hiring Metric That Really Matters

21:45 – Final Thoughts & Podcast Info

👇 LINKS:

📕 Get Mike’s book: bctci.co/amazon🌐 Visit Mike: mikemroczka.com

📢 Subscribe for more unfiltered hiring insights.

⌚ Video Duration: 00:25:31

⇉ Like this video? Smash that like button, share with your team, and don’t forget to subscribe.

🔔 New videos every week from the JoshForce crew.

🔗 Stay Connected:

★ WEBSITE – https://cutt.ly/ereKKTe9

★ LINKEDIN – https://cutt.ly/7reKLyd7

★ TWITTER – https://cutt.ly/DreKLDFf

★ SUBSCRIBE – /@joshforce

⚠ DISCLAIMER:

entertainment only.

This channel does not promote or encourage any illegal activity. All content is for education and

#salesforce #techinterviews #hiringstrategy #scalefast #leadershiptips #engineeringteams

#culturefit #salesforcehiring #teamgrowth #startupleadership #businessleadership

#interviewprocess #recruitingtip

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Focus on Your Interview Process (00:00:00)

2. Hiring Without Technical Expertise (00:05:11)

3. Problems with Technical Interviews (00:09:21)

4. Best vs. Worst Interview Processes (00:11:40)

5. Overcoming Bias in Hiring (00:14:20)

6. Adapting to the Current Market (00:17:25)

74 episodes

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