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Why High-Caliber Candidates Reject Your Job Offer (Before You Even Make It)
You spent six weeks finding the perfect candidate. She nailed every interview. The team loved her. The offer package was ready. Then came the email: “I’ve decided to pursue another opportunity.” It’s easy to blame compensation, timing, or “the market.” But most of the time, candidates aren’t rejecting your offer. They’re rejecting your process. When the Process Sends the Wrong Signal I had coffee recently with Marcus, a VP of Engineering who’d lost three senior hires in a

Merve Kagitci Hokamp
Oct 275 min read


How to Build a Culture of Accountability Without Micromanaging
Google didn’t scale to 190,000 employees by micromanaging. Here’s how you can build the same kind of accountability. When Connor (not his...

Merve Kagitci Hokamp
Sep 287 min read
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