hiring manager
also referred to as: hiring managers
10 statements across 8 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Oct 13, 2022 by Adam Fishman · across every show →
Everything said about hiring manager, oldest first
Oct 13, 2022 negative
Hiring managers refusing to allow reverse reference checks are red flags
“And if a company says no, or a person says no. I think that actually says a bit more about them than, you know, anything else, if they're trying to kind of withhold that from you, because why would you? If I'm a great manager, I'm happy to have you talk to peo…”
Nov 5, 2023
Crowley: Aspiring PMs should accept any job offering the official title
“My advice is always, if you can get someone to stamp you with the product manager role, take it, because to your point, it's what we screen on. It's for better force. It's just like, you just have to, you have to get that first job. And then once you get that …”
Jan 7, 2024 neutral
Sep 12, 2024 positive
Terry: Aligning on role needs turns hiring managers into internal advocates
“As much as you can work with the hiring manager, even if it's to say, Hey, I just want to run by you. Some of the things I think I need to succeed in the role, you know, before we talk money, you know, with the hiring manager or whatever, with the recruiter, I…”
Sep 12, 2024 neutral
Jan 30, 2025 positive
Treat PM interviews as customer discovery to solve the hiring manager's problem
“Everyone who's hiring PMs, just like when they're hiring execs, they're kind of hoping that they bring them on to solve some burning problem that they have. And so it's your job when you're in the interview process to figure out what that burning problem is. R…”
Aug 24, 2025 bearish
Lord: Hiring managers will not manually review resumes in five years
“The hiring manager process of like reviewing 200 resumes. Are you kidding me? I'm going to sit there and review 200 resumes. Like not a chance five years from now, right? Like students manually making cover, like not a chance, right?”
Mar 15, 2026
Aug 9, 2026
Ward: Hiring is not a democracy; managers must own the final decision
“The role of the hiring manager is, you know, it's not a democracy. Hiring manager is holding their, that group accountable for getting, helping them get them the right inputs to make out the right decision, to make the best decision, hire or no hire.”
Aug 9, 2026
Ward: Recruiters are confidence engines, not the ultimate hiring decision-makers
“I think a lot of companies recruiting owns the hiring goal. And I've yet to be in a company where recruiters are making hiring decisions. So these things are in conflict. Hiring managers or leaders or committees are making hiring decisions. And I feel like the…”