Intro
Today on Elevate Your AIQ, I’m joined by Siadhal Magos, CEO and Co-founder of Metaview, which has built a leading Interview Intelligence platform focused on transforming how interviews and other hiring conversations are conducted, analyzed, and learned from. Siadhal and I dig into how interviews—one of the most important and subjective decisions in business—are being reshaped by AI to improve overall hiring intelligence.
We talk about the hidden complexities of hiring, the disconnect between what’s said in an interview and what’s remembered, human vs AI bias, and how better interview intelligence can elevate the experiences of candidates and hiring teams as well as increase quality of hire. Siadhal also shares why structured thinking, curiosity, and tight feedback loops are essential for building not just great products—but great teams.
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Summary
In this episode of Elevate Your AIQ, Bob Pulver sits down with Siadhal Magos, CEO and Co-founder of Metaview, to explore how AI can unlock a more structured, scalable, and insight-rich approach to hiring. Siadhal brings deep experience from the world of product and people to unpack why interviews—despite being central to business success—remain one of the most inconsistent and intuition-driven processes in organizations.
The conversation spans the origins of Metaview, the real cost of poor hiring decisions, and the gap between what hiring teams think they’re evaluating versus what they’re actually reacting to. They also discuss the difference between feedback and insight, the value of AI as an interview companion rather than a replacement, and why structured processes don’t have to come at the expense of candidate experience.
Keywords
Siadhal Magos, Metaview, interview intelligence, hiring decisions, quality of hire, feedback loops, AI in recruiting, structured interviews, candidate experience, decision-making, hiring bias, interview analytics, talent strategy
Key Takeaways
Hiring is high-stakes—but under-instrumented. Most teams still rely on memory, gut feel, and incomplete notes.
AI can elevate—not replace—human judgment. Metaview focuses on supporting better decisions, not automating them away.
Interview feedback ≠ insight. Capturing what was said and how it was evaluated creates a far more useful learning loop.
Consistency doesn’t mean rigidity. Structured interviews can still be candidate-friendly and personalized.
Good hiring mirrors good product thinking. Siadhal shares how tight feedback loops, data, and clarity fuel both.
Curiosity is a superpower in early-stage building. The Metaview journey is a case study in iterating with empathy.
Top Quotes
“The way most interviews are run is far too fragile for the importance of the decisions being made.”
“We’re not trying to replace human judgment—we’re trying to give it better inputs.”
“Hiring is one of the most strategic things a company does, but it’s often the least measured.”
“It’s not just about the candidate’s answers—it’s about how the interviewer responded to them.”
“Great teams are built through consistent, reflective decision-making—not just instincts.”
Chapters
00:00 – Opening and Siadhal’s early career in product and people
06:45 – Why interviews are broken and how Metaview began
13:10 – Feedback vs. insight: a new lens on interview data
20:00 – The ethics and implications of recording interviews
26:35 – Human judgment + AI: striking the right balance
33:20 – Structured interviewing and candidate experience
40:50 – Building with curiosity: lessons from Metaview’s journey
47:00 – Final thoughts on quality of hire, trust, and team growth
Siadhal Magos: https://linkedin.com/in/siadhal
Metaview: https://metaview.ai
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