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.
Ovidius

Replaced a Spreadsheet Habit with an AI Engine

AI Automation: Project Spotlight Their team works on one of the hardest problems in public health: improving access to care and services across the U.S. To do that, they have to constantly answer a simple but painful question: Who exactly…

Candidate Confessions

When Candidates Are Sent Into The Wrong Room

I had a friend call me last week after an interview: upset, and crying. She’s a strong manual QA tester. Solid fundamentals. The kind of person who can break down a product, find edge cases others miss, and actually think…

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…