Two months is too long
We have something called a trial hire experience, which means you get candidates in a role but only part-time, 20 hours a week. And after three months, or one month, or two months, both parties can decide if it makes sense to move full-time.
I think we're taking our learnings from that trial hire process to figure out what is the smallest version of that. Because two months is too long a time to figure out if this person makes sense or not, even after the interview. And so, how can we bring that sooner into the process?
What we're now thinking of is: the trial hire that we have, can we compress that enough into something that can be delivered in, say, 30, 45 minutes? Where after that audition you can move straight into hiring, and you have better confidence in how the person is going to perform.
Said out loud on a call, 24 October 2025. Trimmed for filler; not rewritten.