
As a founder, hiring is the highest-leverage thing I do. It's also the easiest to screw up, especially in a hybrid setup. My early attempts were a mess—unstructured interviews, gut-feel decisions, and a terrible candidate experience.
I've since systemized the whole thing into a simple "playbook" that I can run for every new role. It's built around:
~An async challenge to filter for actual skill, not just resume keywords.
~A structured interview stack so every candidate gets a fair shot.
~A simple scorecard to kill my own biases.
It's saved me dozens of hours and helped me avoid at least one or two costly mis-hires. I wrote down the entire framework if it's helpful for other founders building their teams.
Details:
https://www.seosiri.com/2025/10/hybrid-hiring-playbook.html