10x Recruiting

10x Recruiting is the podcast from Metaview that brings you real, unfiltered conversations with today’s top talent leaders. In each episode, Nolan Church (former Carta CPO & DoorDash Head of Talent) and his guests will challenge popular thinking and spark new ideas about what it takes to build world-class teams. We’ll bring you actionable tactics you can actually put into practice now and real metrics to understand what great looks like. Always with an eye towards the future, we’ll keep you in the know about how to stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving world of recruiting.

10x Recruiting is a business podcast hosted by Metaview, with 47 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Metaview hosts 10x Recruiting, a business show with 47 episodes published.

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  Episode #47

  Inside Metaview’s $60M Raise with Siadhal Magos

  Sep 30, 202617 min

  Metaview just raised $60M led by Insight Partners, bringing total funding to $110M. In this episode, Nolan Church sits down with Metaview Co-Founder and CEO Siadhal Magos to unpack why now was the right time to raise, what comes next, and why Metaview is betting on a connected platform of AI agents to transform how recruiting teams work. Read more on the announcement: https://www.metaview.ai/resources/blog/metaview-raised-an-additional-60m-to-lead-the-shift-to-agentic-recruiting [00:00] Intro [00:24] Breaking news 60 million raise [00:39] Metaview funding timeline explained [01:51] Why raise capital now [02:00] Proving the platform vision [03:50] Net dollar retention proof point [04:20] Why single platform ecosystems win [05:56] Building AI you can trust [06:44] fillmore and new form factors [07:54] How fillmore works in Slack [08:41] Landing Insight Partners deal [10:23] Aligned thesis on platform strategy [12:05] Building conviction into your cap table [13:04] Avoiding the single product trap [14:17] Why recruiting needs an AI platform [15:20] Enjoy the founder journey

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  Episode #46

  Airwallex's Richard Yan on What's Really Behind AI Layoffs

  Sep 4, 202640 min

  Richard Yan has spent his time at Airwallex scaling a global talent team through hypergrowth, from about 1,100 people to 2,800. His conclusion: hire for judgment over polish, decentralize AI adoption instead of dictating it from the top, and always dig past the confident-sounding answer. In this episode of 10x Recruiting, Richard, Head of People and Talent at Airwallex and a former private equity and M&A consultant, breaks down why his team is hiring more than ever, how they get AI tools built and adopted across the company, and what still separates a great hire from AI slop. You'll learn: - Why Richard thinks most "AI layoffs" are really about over hiring - How a single follow up question exposes "AI slop" in seconds - Why back channel references still beat any AI assessment for senior hires [00:00] Intro [01:02] Operators moving into people roles [02:12] Why AI layoffs are a cop out [03:11] Decentralized AI transformation wins [04:15] From private equity to people leadership [07:49] The unplanned pivot into HR [10:07] Scaling a global talent team [11:24] Building your own AI tools [13:35] Getting past the AI intimidation barrier [15:56] Optimism versus AI doom [18:45] Finding AI's real limitations [22:01] Assessing candidates in the AI era [24:30] Probing follow up questions [28:38] Back channel references still matter [33:47] Work Heaven versus work slop [35:25] The athlete mindset at work [37:10] There are no shortcuts To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

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  Episode #45

  Why honesty is a competitive advantage in executive recruiting

  Aug 20, 202636 min

  Ted Maguire has spent 12 years figuring out what actually works in executive search. His conclusion: map the market obsessively, challenge the client early, and stop trying to sell candidates. In this episode of 10x Recruiting, Ted, Founder of Opal Partners and former executive recruiter at Uber and Khosla Ventures, breaks down the search process he uses to find and close the tiny number of people who can genuinely change a company. You’ll learn: Why Ted maps up to 4,000 candidates and ranks every one from 1 to 4 Why he deliberately starts with second-tier candidates before approaching the best How hard selling makes candidates less likely to tell you the truth Why honesty becomes a competitive advantage the more senior the search gets The big idea: great executive recruiting isn’t about having the biggest network. It’s about doing enough work to know the market cold, then being direct enough to earn trust on both sides. Key topics covered: [00:00] Intro [01:09] Challenging clients like a consultant [02:39] The best executive search process [04:48] Who is Vinod Khosla [06:24] Recruiting inside a venture firm [07:16] Handling intense personalities at Uber [08:44] Mapping thousands of candidates by rank [12:11] Going deep versus mercenary recruiting [15:28] Stated versus revealed preferences [17:13] Building trust without selling [21:41] Why honesty beats bullshit [22:51] Speaking truth without offending [24:36] Inside the firm's daily operations [28:30] Getting top executives on the phone [30:41] When to introduce your best candidates [33:00] Being polarizing and stern with clients To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

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  Episode #44

  The recruiting playbook behind Cognition's growth

  Jul 30, 202636 min

  Most recruiting teams hire against a job description. Patrick Circelli, Head of Talent at Cognition, thinks that's backwards. In this episode, Patrick breaks down how Cognition builds one of the leanest, highest-performing recruiting teams in tech—from hiring around exceptional people instead of rigid roles, to treating recruiting as the company's most important operating function. He also shares what "intensity" actually means, why founder-led recruiting scales further than most people think, and the questions that reveal whether a candidate is truly aligned with your company. In this episode: Why the best recruiters bet on founders—and exceptional people—not perfect role fit The interview question that reveals whether someone will thrive in an intense culture How an eight-person recruiting team hires 10–20 people a week Why candidate experience compounds into your best future hires Key topics covered: [00:00] Intro [00:42] Secret to picking generational companies [01:39] Why believing in founders matters most [04:52] Thriving inside intense company cultures [06:25] Why intensity means different things [08:06] Interview questions that reveal true fit [10:03] Why talent acquisition beats everything else [12:05] Graduating to work Heaven explained [14:30] Kids and 80 hour weeks [16:44] Keeping recruiting teams lean and mighty [18:00] Surgical sourcing and 50 percent referrals [20:32] What to measure recruiters on [22:20] Sign on bonuses and benefits culture [23:38] Why great benefits are underused [26:37] Hiring beyond the role shape [33:25] Playing the long game with networks To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

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  Episode #43

  Why “selfish software” is the AI unlock

  Jul 7, 202640 min

  AI makes building dramatically easier. The best builders start with proximity: the problems they understand deeply, the workflows they touch daily, and the taste they’ve earned through reps. In this episode, Nolan sits down with Viet Nguyen, former Head of Rec Ops at Vercel who’s now running his own shop, to talk about selfish software, AI slop, and why the final 20% of any AI workflow is where the real craft lives. Viet breaks down how he’s building tools for his own recruiting work, from a live knowledge base of recruiting benchmarks to a searchable, enriched map of his personal network. The takeaway: AI leverage comes from solving the right problem with the right workflow. Build it, buy it, or redesign the system around the outcome the business actually needs. Key takeaways: Why “selfish software” is unlocking a new wave of builder energy How AI slop is raising the bar for quality, taste, and judgment Why recruiting teams should operationalize their internal networks How to prioritize AI projects around business pain and measurable leverage Key topics covered: [00:00] Intro [00:52] Why AI slop is becoming more niche [02:03] The hardest final 20% problem [03:11] Selfish software as the unlock [04:42] Why buying AI beats building solo [05:15] What changed with Claude Code [06:31] Building a recruiting reports MCP [10:00] Pumping out tools in 2 hours [14:37] Automating daily contact cards [18:34] Operationalizing your LinkedIn network [22:36] Baking your taste into search [26:22] The richest referral network idea [29:29] How Viet structures consulting engagements [33:47] Start from business value not shiny apps [36:11] Doing work that gives you energy To learn more about Metaview, the AI platform for 10x recruiting teams, head to www.metaview.ai/10x

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