Looks Good on Paper
av Anita Chauhan
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Coherence bias and the four-question screening call, with Chrissy…
Coherence bias and the four-question screening call, with Chrissy…
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Looks Good on Paper flips hiring on its head. Hosted by Andrew Wood and Anita Chauhan, we dive into why CVs and "perfect fits" are overrated. Through fun, insightful conversations with industry experts, we explore how skills, potential, and real experience should be the focus of hiring... not what looks good on paper.
Quick, candid, and packed with actionable insights, we’re here to rewrite the rules of hiring, one episode at a time.
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- Coherence bias and the four-question screening call, with Chrissy Oni of Stagwell Global · 17 min · Sesong 4 Episode 9Structured interviews, coherence bias and hiring beyond the CV. Most hiring processes are built to find people who interview well. Chrissy Oni, Talent Acquisition Director…
- Untrained Interviewers and the Culture Fit Myth, with Jay Guney · 21 min · Sesong 4 Episode 8Interviewer training, culture fit bias and hiring without a CV, with Jay Guney, founder and managing director of Dcoded. Most hiring processes put real effort into finding…
- Hiring for potential, not perfection, with Daniel Hackett of Amazon · 22 min · Sesong 4 Episode 7Military hiring, alternative talent pipelines and candidate-led recruitment, with Daniel Hackett of Amazon. Most hiring starts with the business. What does the team need, what…
- Why years of experience predicts almost nothing, with Heidi Wassini of Viebke & West · 22 min · Sesong 4 Episode 6Skills-based hiring, ageism, and what the research says about years of experience, with Heidi Wassini, Chief People Officer at Viebke & West. Most hiring processes begin by…
- Why more interviews mean worse hires, with Kanwar Kohli of Booking.com · 19 min · Sesong 4 Episode 5Hiring bias, AI screening and skills-based hiring at global scale, with Kanwar Kohli, Senior Leader for Global Talent Delivery at Booking.com. Most organisations respond to…
- Why hiring plans fail, with Leo Harrison of Chapter 2 · 19 min · Sesong 4 Episode 4Workforce planning, hiring capacity and the end of the CV, with Leo Harrison, founder and CEO of Chapter 2. Most hiring plans are modelled around the talent team. The funnel gets…
- Years of experience is not a skill · 23 min · Sesong 4 Episode 3Most hiring teams have an audit for bias. They check the language in the job ad, they structure the interview, they train the panel. Almost none of them audit the requirements…
- I don't read CVs and I don't hire locally · 17 min · Sesong 4 Episode 2Most hiring leaders will tell you they hire for skills. Then they open a CV, scan for a university name, check a location field, and quietly filter out everyone who lives more…
- Make sure they pass the vibe check - Recfest UK 2026 · 3 min · Sesong 4 Episode 2A CV is the one document where people are trusted to describe themselves, and it is also the one place they are most careful to leave things out. Not the boring things. The real…
- We show up at work as our full selves. CVs won't let us. · 3 min · Sesong 4 Episode 1We took a camera around RecFest 2026 and asked one question over and over: what's something about yourself that would never show up on a CV? We got a singer. A horse rider…
- The CV is the global currency for jobs. And it's fundamentally flawed. · 31 min · Sesong 3 Episode 12There is almost no business process on earth that works the same way in every country. Payroll differs. Contracts differ. Even the working week differs. But post a job anywhere…
- Athletes try out. Why don't your candidates? · 19 min · Sesong 3 Episode 11Every athlete who makes a team has to prove they can play. They run drills. They scrimmage. They perform under pressure while someone watches. But in hiring, we skip all of that…
- The 24-Hour Promise · 18 min · Sesong 3 Episode 10The average time to hire in 2026 is 44 days. Taylor Genre's team at Beemac Logistics gives every sales candidate a final answer within 24 hours. Taylor is the Director of…
- Stop Hiring Three Juniors When You Need One Senior. · 19 min · Sesong 3 Episode 9Startups love being scrappy. They love the hustle. And they keep making the same mistake with that energy: hiring three or four junior people when they should have hired one…
- Your Best Hire Won't Look Good on Paper · 19 min · Sesong 3 Episode 8"Culture fit" sounds like a good thing until you look at what it actually filters for. People who look like you. People who sound like you. People who make you comfortable. It's…
- Why Shopify Asks Every Candidate to Tell Their Life Story · 21 min · Sesong 3 Episode 7Hiring managers keep passing on their best candidates because they haven't figured out what great looks like before the first interview starts. The strongest batch comes in…
- She scaled to 1,500 people and wants to BURN the hiring process down · 22 min · Sesong 3 Episode 6Half of all hires do not work out. Jenny Do Forno, CPO at TouchBistro, explains why the hiring process is measuring the wrong things and what to do instead. Jenny has spent…
- A Candidate on My Call Was Impersonating a Dead Person · 20 min · Sesong 3 Episode 5Deepfakes in hiring interviews are real. A recruiter at Xero shares the story of a candidate who impersonated a deceased person on a video call, and explains how his team catches…
- Reward the Skill, Not the Performance · 24 min · Sesong 3 Episode 4Most hiring decisions get made on a feeling. A hiring manager comes out of an interview, says "I think this one is a better fit," and the team moves forward. Anu Joshi has spent…
- "He Interviewed Well. That Was the Problem." · 23 min · Sesong 3 Episode 3The person who interviews the best is not always the person who performs the best. In fact, sometimes they're the worst hire you'll make. Hamza Khan knows this firsthand. His own…
