Where to Find AI-Native Talent Beyond LinkedIn
Picture this: you want to hire someone who has genuinely woven AI into how they work every day. You open LinkedIn, type “AI native,” and see thousands of profiles. The problem: they all say exactly the same thing. LinkedIn is a network of declarations, not evidence. The best AI practitioners rarely have up-to-date profiles there […]
How to Hire a Prompt Engineer
Prompt engineer is one of the most frequently cited “jobs of the future” in hiring reports and think pieces. It’s also one of the hardest roles to actually recruit for — because the market still hasn’t agreed on what the role actually is. Some companies want someone technical: Python, API fluency, experience building LLM pipelines. […]
What Actually Is an “AI-Native Developer”?
“We’re looking for an AI-native developer”. That line shows up in more and more job postings these days. The problem is, ask five different people to define it and you’ll get five different answers. To some, it means a developer who uses GitHub Copilot. To others, someone who understands LLM architecture at a deep level. […]
10 Interview Questions That Actually Reveal an AI-Native Developer
If you’ve screened developer resumes in the last year, you know the drill. “ChatGPT,” “Prompt Engineering,” “AI Tools” – sitting in the skills section of practically every candidate. The problem is that typing those words costs nothing. And they tell you nothing about how that person actually works. Most candidates who claim “AI fluency” are […]
AI-Aware vs AI-Native — The Difference And How to Assess It
The candidate’s CV mentions “experience with AI.” In the interview, they speak fluently about models, prompts, and tools. They name-drop GPT-4, Claude, Gemini. They talk about how AI is transforming the industry. They sound AI-native. Then you hire them — and discover they use AI once a fortnight to rewrite an email. Where does the […]
How to Verify Whether a Candidate Really Works with AI
“Proficient in AI tools.” That phrase now appears in one out of every three CVs. The problem is that for some people it means a daily, deep workflow built around language models — for others, it means typing a question into ChatGPT once every two weeks. For a recruiter or hiring manager, both profiles look […]