Productivity or Precision? Let’s Hear from Forma.ai
Welcome to another episode of Culture Add, where Moe speaks to a special guest from Forma.ai, a sales compensation software company based in Toronto. This week, we feature Forma.ai’s Head of Talent, Yiorgos Boudouris!
A Bit About Forma.ai and Yiorgos
Yiorgos has been recruiting for the last 15 years, and joined Forma.ai 9 months ago. As a platform that helps manage sales compensation programs, Forma.ai’s sales API organizes and simplifies commission models for a variety of companies.
What really attracted Yiorgos to Forma.ai was the passion, knowledge, and immediacy the leadership team exuded during his interview process. The supportive environment at Forma.ai is truly impressive.
How Long is the Interview Process?
Forma.ai has definitely evolved during the pandemic reform — shifting towards a more casual, virtual interview process. Yiorgos stresses that his hiring team really values flexibility by allowing their candidates to guide the interview process so it’s smooth, slowly paced, and allows time for reflection.
As a potential candidate at Forma.ai or if you’re interviewing for any tech company, make sure to consider your feelings about the team, product and the overall company. Would you enjoy working in that environment?
Culture at Forma.ai
Precision. All the processes at Forma.ai need to function accurately with few errors because sales compensation is so important to the success of every company.
“One of our values is to be precise and relentless.”
Yiorgos also stresses the collaborative nature at Forma.ai, and how everyone is always comfortable to ask each other questions no matter the experience level.
Forma.ai’s Global Hiring Agendas
The majority of employees and hiring is done around the Greater Toronto Area and throughout North America, but Forma.ai has been looking to expand outside of Canada for two main reasons:
- Candidates are incredible not only in North America.
- Forma.ai is able to connect with engineers abroad and offer sponsorship and support to compete with the local competitive market.
Yiorgos values the importance of flexibility and support for international candidate hiring by offering relocation support.
Biggest Challenge to Global Hiring
The familiarity bias in tech makes it hard for recruiters like Yiorgos to understand your level of experience, knowledge, and expertise.
A Top Resume Tip: reaffirm the type of technology and software you use, and the scope of your current company’s growth and impact. This allows recruiters to make equivalent comparisons between companies overseas and in North America.
Current Hiring Agenda for Product Teams
The hiring team at Forma.ai is prioritizing full stack engineers to provide the mentorship and experience to guide the product team along. If you’re thinking of joining Forma.ai, Yiorgos is specifically looking for candidates who have the drive to constantly iterate on work and who are open to collaborating with a large team.
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