With AI tools, thousands of applications can now be generated, polished, and submitted at the click of a button—leaving hiring teams buried under noise. Mixed in are candidates with stolen identities, fabricated résumés, and even deepfake interviews. In this roundtable, we’ll unpack how engineering leaders can separate genuine talent from garbage or fraud, and how to build hiring practices that stay effective in the AI era.
Scott Swedberg is Founder & CEO of The Job Sauce, a boutique recruiting firm for engineering leaders hiring ICs through VPs. He founded The Job Sauce as a career services company, and that coaching foundation serves as the backbone of their white gloves services. The Job Sauce serves startups through Fortune 500 companies in their search for top talent - they'll support any search where the hiring manager is invested in the partnership, and engineering and product have the highest demand.