10x Recruiting

In this crossover episode from HR Heretics, Metaview CEO Siadhal Magos joins Nolan Church and Kelli Dragovich to demo Metaview's new autonomous AI Sourcing agent. They break down why AI-native sourcing tools are redefining what's possible in recruiting, how "promptless sourcing" creates magic from your hiring conversations, and why everyone from founders to recruiters are seeing massive productivity boosts.Key topics covered:[00:00] Intro[02:28] Why Metaview Built AI Sourcing[04:47] Vibe Sourcing vs Traditional Methods[08:39] Live Demo of AI Agent[11:51] Behavioral Changes for AI Workflows[15:01] Agent Creates Ideal Candidate Profiles[17:00] Boolean Search is Dead[19:17] World Class Sourcing for Everyone[22:19] Natural Language Prompting Power[24:32] Real-Time Feedback and Calibration[26:16] Data Sources and LinkedIn Constraints[28:53] Future ATS Integration Plans[30:04] What's Next for Metaview[31:51] Free Trial Access AvailableTo learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Matt Stephenson, Head of Tech Talent at Bain Capital Ventures, joins Nolan to get real about what VC talent partners actually do—and what it really takes to hire the best in 2025.This one covers the whole ground game: VC strategy, comp wars, secondary equity, sourcing experiments, and why the best recruiters today are business partners first.In this episode:What being a VC Talent Partner actually looks likeWhy advice alone doesn’t cut it anymore—only hires doHow leading startups are adapting comp, equity, and secondaries to winKey topics covered:[00:00] Intro[03:44] From Google Sourcer to Bain Capital Ventures[04:24] Talent Partner 2.0 Era Demands[06:46] Working with Seed Series A Companies[09:35] Network First Hiring Strategy[11:15] Compensation Wars at Early Stage[13:56] Secondary Markets Changing Startup Equity[19:22] Recruiter Shortage Crisis Explained[22:24] Quality of Life vs Career Growth[24:02] Creative Recruiting Experiments Required[25:37] AI Tools Transforming Sourcing Workflows[29:14] Founder Recruiter Partnership Problems[31:30] Ground Game Recruiting Strategy[33:48] Relationship Building Over Candidate Experience[36:32] Long Game Network Compound Effects[37:57] Product Feedback as Recruiting Hook[39:59] Building Your Dream Team ListTo learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Join Amber Weinberg, Co‑Founder and Managing Partner at Aperture, as she shares her insights on the pitfalls of traditional executive hiring. She argues that many go-to-market leaders fail in interviews due to lacking storytelling skills. Amber highlights why scorecards can hinder great hires and emphasizes understanding company culture through disruptive questions. Discover her rigorous reference-checking strategies and the importance of thorough post-hire integration to ensure success.

In this episode, Nolan sits down with Evan Connor, VP of Talent at Ambience, to unpack why the next generation of top recruiters won’t just be great at sourcing and pitching, they’ll be full-stack operators embedded in the business.You’ll learn:Why great recruiters are business operators firstHow to grow recruiting talent instead of waiting to hire itWhat Ambience’s onboarding pitch certification looks likeTo learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Recruiting top talent isn’t just hard, it’s a game of scarcity. In this episode, Chandler Martin shares how to operationalize talent density with predictive hiring, disciplined outbound, and ruthless clarity.He covers:Why indiscriminate outbound is killing your long-term pipelineThe predictive hiring model Zocdoc uses to anchor hiring managersHow to bring humanity (and speed) back to candidate experienceTo learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

Personio’s VP of Talent, Fritz Singer, breaks down what it actually takes to scale teams globally—and the hard-won lessons he learned along the way.You’ll hear how Fritz:Scaled Personio’s team across 30+ countries, and 12+ nationalitiesBuilt a bar-raiser program with actual teethMade internal mobility a business priority Learned why “context beats commands” the hard wayTo learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

In this episode, Vercel's Head of Global Recruiting Ops,Viet Nguyen, and Nolan unpack a deceptively simple experiment that turned into a hiring cheat code: reverse-engineering the judgment of an A+ interviewer to level up everyone else.What started as a Friday night curiosity turned into a new framework for talent density, interviewer training, and turning instinct into insight. In this episode you’ll learn:How Viet uncovered what behaviors top candidates actually exhibit — and how to operationalize themThe custom tool Vercel built to surface high-signal inbound applicantsHow to stop obsessing over perfect systems and just start buildingTo learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

As a senior partner at Swing Search, Annie Wenzel has placed some of the most impactful GTM execs in tech—often before they were obvious bets. In this episode, she breaks down the playbook that consistently lands top 10% talent, even in a market full of fear, fatigue, and overpromising.This conversation is a masterclass in strategic recruiting:Why every great search starts with alignment, not speedHow to vet founders before taking on a searchThe real reason 10x operators say no—and what gets them to yesHow to use candidate experience as leverage, not fluffThis one’s for anyone who’s ever had to win trust, coach a founder, or close someone who doesn’t need the job.To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

In this episode, Nolan shares unfiltered hot takes from Day One Ventures’ CEO Converge event—what CEOs really think about team chemistry, Glassdoor, and who makes the best salespeople. Then he shifts gears to show recruiters how to go beyond “AI slop” with two practical hacks from his own workflow: a custom GPT for LinkedIn posts and Metaview templates that save 40+ minutes per candidate write-up. To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

AI interviewers are here—from CodeSignal’s new agentic interviewers to a 70,000-applicant experiment where an LLM voice recruiter beat humans in hiring customer service reps. Nolan and Siadhal break down where AI belongs in the process today, why high-volume/inbound is the proving ground, and how human connection still creates alpha.To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x