Cohort 3

The Talent Algorithm—used by Sequoia, THL, Anduril, and 150+ elite investors and high-growth companies to hire top talent.

High-Stakes Exec Assessment | ex-ghSMART

ghSMART & Company

Bain & Company

Jordan Burton

Ex-ghSMART Partner. Trained 5,000+ execs at Sequoia, THL, Bain & 150+ firms.

Interview & Hiring Systems | ex-Palantir

Palantir

Gibson Dunn

Harvard Law School

Matthew Walsh

Ex-Palantir & Gibson Dunn. 500+ interviews building elite hiring systems.

Hiring Mastery

Measure right. Hire once.

Learn the Talent Algorithm, a proven system for hiring top talent, avoiding mistakes, and scaling yourself.

ghSMART

Are you a founder, investor, or rising leader who wants to build an elite team—and accelerate your trajectory to the next level? There’s one make-or-break skill that will define your career trajectory more than any other: The ability to assess talent with precision. And yet, less than 10% of leaders have ever been trained in how to do it. If you're like the thousands of high-performers we've worked with, you’ve seen how great talent can supercharge your progress—and how hiring mistakes can completely derail it. But until now, there hasn’t been a rigorous, proven system to learn this craft. That’s why we built Hiring Mastery. We’ll teach you the exact system we've taught to top VCs, PE firms, and tech leaders to assess candidates like a pro—unlocking better hires, faster velocity, and massive upside. If you join us, you’ll leave with:‣ A repeatable system for identifying top talent in any role‣ The confidence to lead high-stakes hiring with executives, investors, or your Board‣ The skills to dramatically increase your hiring accuracy for the rest of your career Plus, you’ll get 6 months of access to Talgo On Demand—our full library of video walkthroughs, annotated interview demos, and coaching breakdowns used by top firms. This isn’t HR fluff. It’s how you avoid years of costly hiring mistakes—and start building the team you actually need to win.

The Most Valuable Skill Nobody Taught You

A founder or business owner assembling your core team and hungry for a proven system to make game-changing hires with confidence

A VC/PE investor, talent partner, or portfolio operator looking to elevate talent judgment—and back only top-tier teams

A hiring manager seeking to build extraordinarily capable and committed teams of high performers

You're A Fit For This Program If You're...

What You’ll Walk Away With

<ul><li>Create a punchy, well-calibrated Target that drives every step of the hiring process</li><li>Get aligned across stakeholders—and eliminate vague, misaligned expectations</li><li>Cut bias and chaos with a structured process that scales as you grow</li></ul>

1. Define Success and Fit with Clarity and Precision

<ul><li>Build rapport quickly with candidates and references to get to the truth</li><li>Ask sharper questions that surface predictive signals—not polished stories</li><li>Deliver a candidate experience that differentially attracts top performers</li></ul>

2. Interview and Reference Like a Pro (And Get Real Data)

<ul><li>Use Talgo’s battle-tested screening tools to avoid wasting time on clear mismatches</li><li>Use a divide-and-conquer interview design to generate better signal, faster</li><li>Create a scalable “hiring machine” across your entire organization</li></ul>

3. Run a Tight, Efficient Process

• Follow a repeatable decision process that outperforms gut feel• Spot signal vs. noise—and make bold, confident calls• Reduce groupthink and raise the hiring bar across your team

4. Make Smarter, Bias-Resistant Hiring Calls

• Leverage psychological techniques that inspire and elevate candidate commitment• Generate pull from top talent—without chasing, begging, or overpaying• Show (don’t tell) candidates what makes your team compelling

5. Differentially Attract—and Close—High Performers

<ul><li>Unlimited access to the course materials and recordings</li><li>Plus, 6 months of access to Talgo On Demand, our comprehensive, self-paced video library of annotated interviews, reference calls, and coaching breakdowns</li></ul>

6. Accelerate Growth with Ongoing Support

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Meet Your Instructors

Translate your business objectives and company/team culture into a functional document that you and and your teammates can coordinate a data-driven hiring process around.

Session 1: Defining the Role

Master the art of great rapport that gets better data and increases candidate experience. Learn the fundamentals of what makes for a great initial question and the optimal approach for follow-up questions and time management (includes live practice + coaching).

Session 2: Interview Fundamentals

Learn the five key interview formats that have a place in a data-driven hiring process and the four to avoid. Live practice + coaching on the "Deep Dive" interview, which is the gold standard in executive assessment circles.

Session 3: Interview Mastery—The Deep Dive

Complement a great interview process with References that uncover real data and data-driven decisions that maximize accuracy and minimize bias. Learn processes that combine flexibility, speed, and accuracy. Tailor your selling message to land top performers.

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