Jaclyn Lilly

Jaclyn Lilly

I’ve spent 9+ years working with enterprise IT clients, mainly in recruiting and pre-sales. I focus on building strong client relationships, understanding business needs, and partnering with technical teams to find the right solutions. I’m also especially interested in the growing Charlotte engineering market and currently building hands-on skills in AI and C# development.
Field Notes

When Feedback Actually Changes Something

I’ve had a pretty firm stance on interview feedback since I was in my early teens. Silence in hiring doesn’t sit right. Not because I need to log feedback somewhere.Because candidates want to understand what happened, and if I’m the…

Interview Tips

When AI Shows Up in the Interview

Rethinking how we evaluate engineers. This is a recap of a conversation I caught in my Promptmates community that felt relevant enough to reshare. The original question being discussed was around a pattern some hiring teams are noticing in interviews…

Candidate Confessions

When Candidates Get Caught in Staffing Disputes

This is not a game I enjoy watching people play. I got a call last night from an engineering friend who found himself caught in the middle of a staffing firm dispute. Two firms submitted him to the same role…

Charlotte QA Hiring Job Intel

LoopQA

QA Automation EngineerFulltime, 90-95K + benefits/ptoHybrid Tues/Wed in Charlotte, NCBen Fellows, CEO (technical) Automation QA Engineer (Playwright / AI-Assisted Testing) We build AI infrastructure that companies actually use. Not demos. Not decks. Working systems that change how teams operate. This…

Charlotte QA Hiring Job Intel

QA Market Watch: April 2026

Hiring Pipeline Intelligence Sharing a quick snapshot from recent conversations across QA hiring in the Charlotte market. This is based on candidate interviews, recruiter outreach, and staffing-side signals I’m hearing week to week. Charlotte market activityMultiple candidates recently interview for…

Ovidius AI

AI QA Engineer Ovidius is Ben AI’s custom solution arm, offering advisory services and end-to-end custom builds. They have an international presence with a team right here in Charlotte. They were hiring an AI QA Automation Engineer to help redefine…