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Zomato, a renowned Indian restaurant discovery and food delivery service, faced significant challenges in scaling their tech team to meet growing business demands. With an increasing number of open positions and a high bar for technical excellence, they needed a quick and efficient recruitment solution.
Challenge
Zomato struggled with:
- Sourcing high-quality candidates quickly.
- Managing a large volume of applications.
- Assessing technical skills effectively.
- Reducing time-to-hire without compromising on quality.
- Finding a recruitment partner who truly understood their specific needs and culture, and who had a proven track record.
These challenges led to delays in their product road map and increased recruitment costs, impacting their ability to innovate.
Solution
- Needs assessment: Geektrust worked closely with Zomato to understand their specific hiring needs and define success metrics.
- Expert candidate sourcing: Leveraging Geektrust’s own pool of candidates, Geektrust identified high-quality candidates who fit Zomato’s criteria. Along with this, Geektrust ran a Zomato exclusive online event where thousands of candidates registered and were assessed based on their expertise.
- Efficient screening and assessment: Geektrust’s comprehensive assessment process ensured that only the best candidates were shortlisted, saving Zomato’s tech team’s valuable time.
- Interviews: Geektrust ran the first round of tech interviews to filter further and share only the top interview cleared candidates with Zomato.
- The final step: Zomato did a technical + a culture fit round and the best candidates were hired for their team.
- Collaborative approach: Regular feedback and close collaboration between Geektrust and Zomato ensured alignment and continuous improvement throughout the process.
Results
“Geektrust has helped Zomato roll out 30+ offers across 6 different roles.”
- Increased Interview to offer ratio: Streamlined processes and efficient candidate filtering significantly cut down the recruitment cycle. It led only the top match candidates to reach the interview stage.
- Reduced time-to-hire: The team was able to grow quickly without wasting time sorting through or talking to too many job applicants.
- Positive feedback: Both hiring managers and candidates reported a smoother and more engaging recruitment experience.
I have tried applying to Zomato before, but never heard back from them. It is when I saw Geektrust opened up this role with Zomato, I applied and got a response. Thank you Geektrust for a smooth and fast process and for answering all my queries. Amber Sharma, Product Designer, Joined Zomato through Geektrust.
Geektrust played an important role in helping us build the core tech team at Zomato Bangalore. I should say the best amongst all the external recruitment partners I have worked with at Zomato. Super flexible and open to experimenting with innovative ways to bring in the best talent. One thing I can certainly call out is that the quality of the candidates interviewed was far better when compared to others, and hence a much better conversion, which was our biggest challenge. – Abubacker Siddique, Engineering Lead, Zomato
Conclusion
Geektrust’s tailored recruitment solution significantly improved Zomato’s tech hiring process. By understanding Zomato’s needs, Geektrust sourced high-quality candidates, ran tech interviews, streamlined assessments, and reduced time-to-hire.
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