How to build up a data team (everything I ever learned about recruiting)

1 · Erik Bernhardsson · June 8, 2014, 4 a.m.
During my time at Spotify, I’ve reviewed thousands of resumes and interviewed hundreds of people. Lots of them were rejected but lots of them also got offers. Finally, I’ve also had my share of offers rejected by the candidate. Recruiting is one of those things where the Dunning-Kruger effect is the most pronounced: the more you do it, the more you realize how bad you are at it. Every time I look back a year, I realize 10 things I did wrong. Extrapolating this, I know in another year I’ll realiz...