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Replaced a Spreadsheet Habit with an AI Engine
Read more: Replaced a Spreadsheet Habit with an AI EngineAI 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 do we need to reach in every state? That question sounds straightforward until you try…
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QA Interview Misalignment: When Candidates Are Sent Into The Wrong Room
Read more: QA Interview Misalignment: When Candidates Are Sent Into The Wrong RoomI 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 like a user. Not someone “figuring it out”, someone who already knows the craft. I…
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When Feedback Actually Changes Something
Read more: When Feedback Actually Changes SomethingI’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 one who brought them into the process, I should be able to tell them. So…
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When AI Shows Up in the Interview
Read more: When AI Shows Up in the InterviewRethinking 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 with AI engineers: candidates who appear highly polished and articulate, but give the impression they…
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When Candidates Get Caught in Staffing Disputes
Read more: When Candidates Get Caught in Staffing DisputesThis 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 at a bank. The client contact was never disclosed up front, so he was essentially…
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N8N & Claude Code: AI-Driven Test Automation Workflows
Read more: N8N & Claude Code: AI-Driven Test Automation WorkflowsAutomating QA with AI Workflows and Agents- TBD
Conversations with Talent Leaders
Article: What Recruiters Get Wrong About QA Leadership Hires
Razeen Ahmad
QA Manager
Article: Most Companies Don’t Need More QA Engineers
Ryan Anderson
Engineering Manager
Article: I Thought We’d Spend an Hour Talking About AI – We Mostly Talked About Problem Solving
Jess Martin
PromptMates Member
Article: I Asked a Talent Operations Leader Where AI Is Actually Creating Value in Recruiting
Dan McCarthy
PromptMates Member