Closing the talent gap and mitigating bias in hiring with Tigran Sloyan from CodeSignal

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3 years ago

March 18, 2024

Is it time for the resume’s reign to come to an end? Tigran Sloyan is the co-founder and CEO of CodeSignal () , a skills assessment platform used by many tech companies to hire engineers based on their engineering chops rather than their keyword-packed resumes. In this episode, Becca, Dom, and Tigran talk about how traditional resume-based hiring perpetuates biases and limits opportunities for individuals without extensive networks or prestigious credentials and how skills assessment lead to more equitable hiring. They also get into the CodeSignal team’s plans to go beyond assessment to skills development, how AI will play a role in building out these courses, and the way Tigran thinks about equitable hiring on his own team.

(1:32) Solving the “talent problem” in hiring and skill development

(4:55) Math competitions to MIT

(10:42) Resumes, skills assessment, and AI in the job market

(14:50) AI’s impact on jobs and learning

(20:05) Personalized learning with AI tutoring

(24:47) AI tutoring platform for education and career development

(28:57) Personal growth as an entrepreneur

(32:42) Strategic hiring

(37:08) Company culture, transparency, and AI development

(40:35) AI tutoring platform and its potential impact on job requirements

(42:34) Tech industry skills training and apprenticeships

(44:16) AI-powered tutoring and personalized learning

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Unboxing the $799 Apple Watch Ultra 4

A battery worthy of an ultramarathon, better health sensors and a powerful processor that keeps it running— let’s check out the Apple Watch Ultra 4. #apple #applewatch #applewatchultra4 #unboxing #allthingsmobile 📽️: Vanessa Hand Orellana

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September 27, 2026

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News Tells You What Happened. Drawing Shows You How It Felt | George Butler | TED

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15 hours ago

September 27, 2026

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What does a war look like when you sit still long enough to draw it? Reportage artist and TED Fellow George Butler sketches the people that the news passes by: a 99-year-old survivor of the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, a man gathering books blasted into a rose garden, an architect whose home was hit by a Russian missile. Urging us to slow down in the age of immediate news, Butler shows how a drawing reveals what a headline can’t. (Recorded at TED2026 on April 16, 2026)

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