March 15, 2024

165 - Zapier's CEO & Chief People Officer: Pre-vetting their match, Zapier’s AI Hackathon, & how the people team is building with AI

Zapier’s Wade Foster (Co-Founder & CEO) and Brandon Sammut (Chief People Officer) joined us on The Modern People Leader. 

We talked about how they pre-vetted their match in the interview process, why they did a company-wide AI hackathon, and how Zapier’s people team is building with AI.

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(1:23) Good news stories

(7:29) How Zapier found their dream Chief People Officer

(12:14) How this CPO pre-vetted the match with his CEO before accepting the offer

(15:49) Zapier CEO put all the cards on the table for their Chief People Officer before he took the job

(25:04) They swapped their 360 feedback in the interview process

(30:33) How they shaped the prioritization of the people team

(34:40) Zapier did a company-wide AI hackathon

(41:41) What Zapier's People Team is building with AI

(44:52) Rapid Fire Questions

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