How Engineering Managers Can Help Recruiters Improve Developer Hiring

The engineering manager vs. recruiter saga is an age-old story. On paper, these two seem to be destined to be good friends. After all, they have the same common goal — to hire the best tech talent for their brand. Yet, they remain at loggerheads.

One of the main reasons this happens is because both recruiters and engineering managers approach the same problem from different perspectives. Engineering managers are developers themselves, so their understanding of a role is deeper than any recruiter’s will ever be. However, since they don’t always understand the nuances of technical hiring, and are usually under a time crunch to hire, they may fail to brief the recruiting team properly. Not only this, a lack of collaboration between engineering managers and recruiters can also fail to address the other flaws in the process, and hinder any real improvements.

Building a strong recruiting process starts with building a good relationship between recruiters and engineering managers. This alignment can foster a better understanding of differing perspectives, and enhance preparation and communication. It doesn’t happen overnight — but by taking the right steps, you can ensure a frictionless developer hiring process.

Turning enemies into allies

Head on over to the HackerEarth blog to get in-depth expert tips from our resident Head TA, Jamini Pulyadath, on how engineering managers can help their recruiting team resolve their developer hiring issues (and more).