This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Matt Stauffer, a 41-year-old CEO of Tighten, a programming company. He is based in Atlanta. His words have been edited for length and clarity.
I’m the CEO of a small programming company. I recently did my first full round of hiring in the age of AI. Reading through applications and narrowing down the pile has always been a time-consuming process. This time, it was significantly harder.
We always try to include some personal, fun questions in an application to get a sense of who someone is. This hiring round, I put it to a higher degree because we’re trying to understand people’s humanity a…
