First Round (First Round Review) · 2015-03-24 · 4089d

Coursera's Competitive Hiring Strategy: John Ciancutti's Four-Phase Recruiting Framework

John Ciancutti, Chief Product Officer at Coursera, shares his recruiting playbook developed at Netflix and Facebook for competing against tech giants for engineering talent. The strategy emphasizes relationship-building, personal outreach from hiring managers, and understanding candidate motivations across four phases: sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing.

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Engineering Team Growth

25 to 80engineers

increase over

Coursera engineering team in less than 2 years