LinkedIn VP of Engineering breaks down how Hiring Assistant untangles fragmented recruiting workflows
sachinmaya1980 · x · 2026-09-06
After a roundtable at LinkedIn with VP of Engineering Prashanthi Padmanabhan, the author shares key takeaways on Hiring Assistant: recruiters today juggle ATS, CRM, sourcing tools, candidate databases, and interview platforms. The problem was never a lack of AI tools—it's that hiring workflows are fragmented, and Hiring Assistant is positioned as an end-to-end agent rather than another point solution.
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