Real hiring side insight for interviews, offers, negotiation, and every move that takes your career forward.Hosted by former Executive Recruiter and VP of Talent Matthew Sorensen.
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Start where you are
Find practical conversations for the moment you’re in. Each topic is drawn from the current show’s focus.
Understand what hiring teams notice and tell your story with confidence.
Approach compensation conversations and job offers with a clearer strategy.
Navigate promotions, career changes, and the decisions that shape what comes next.
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Hear hiring side insight from Matthew Sorensen and conversations with recruiters, hiring managers, career experts, psychologists, and business leaders.
Previously The Job Interview Experience and Move Up Careers. Same host, now Hired.
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Prepare for interviews, organize your job search, and evaluate offers with practical guides you can use today.
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Listeners describe stronger interview prep, more confidence, and practical changes they used in their job searches.
TawneyK says changing their interview prep after listening led to more interviews and greater confidence during the search.
Before an executive interview, MasterSplinter2000 used the show as a refresher and appreciated its practical reminders.
Cabo Surfer credits the podcast’s advice on answering from the employer’s perspective with helping them land the job they wanted.
Meet your host
Matthew Sorensen has recruited, interviewed, and hired professionals across healthcare, technology, skilled trades, manufacturing, and executive leadership. He has shared hiring-side advice on the podcast since 2020 and created Hired to make the hiring process more transparent and share career advice people can put to work.
Read Matthew’s story ↗Beyond the microphone
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