Sanavulla C
@sanavulla_c
Recruiter @Plivo. On a mission to find AI wizards who can ship magic 🧙♂️ 🪄
Stood in a long bank queue this morning, waiting to update my Aadhaar details. A guy ahead of me kept helping people navigate the clunky self-service kiosk, switching to Kannada when needed. Curious, I asked what he does - turns out he's a junior UX designer who studies…
Spoke with an engineering student today who is coding in public - commits, mistakes, fixes and learns. Mid-chat he screen shared a project he had built and spoke about the impact what he wants to bring. That kind of drive - learning in public, shipping to real users, caring…
Interviewed a fellow recruiter today - always a funny mirror moment. We spent the 30 minutes swapping sourcing hacks, laughing over ghosted calendars, and comparing "offer save" stories. By the end, I wasn't just evaluating - I was learning. Hiring another recruiter is like…
I have tried and, I would recommend it to my fellow recruiters.
An HR manually scanning 100s of resumes to find 1 good fit? But, not anymore. I built an AI agent that reads resumes right from HR portals, filters based on preferences, and drops the best ones into a Google Sheet. Check it out 👇🤖📄
Took a midday stroll to the food trucks outside our office. Spotted the food truck guy using a QR-tip jar that sends a "Thank You" GIF right back to the customer's phone. His cousin who is a software Developer helped him built this so people would know the tip went through…
While everyone is racing after the next AI buzz, true founders hunt down real pain points and solve what actually hurts. The tech hype won’t matter.
Caught a cab to work this morning. The driver, who only studied up to Class 2 asked what my company’s "robots" (AI Agents) actually do. I pulled out ChatGPT, switched it to Kannada, and let him chat away. In minutes he was asking AI for shortcuts, cooking tips, even cricket…
Queued for coffee in the foodcourt this morning and overheard two strangers trading tips on cracking their first tech job - right between their food orders. One jotted down an online course link on a tissue, the other promised a referral. Standing there, I was reminded the…
Took an auto in Electronic City yesterday - driver asked what I do. When I said "recruiter" he grinned and pitched his cousin - a fullstack dev, with the resume before we hit the next signal. Only in Bengaluru can a four kilometre ride turn into a mini tech-networking event.…
Left home at 7:30 AM, expecting my usual 75-minute ride to office. One junction held me hostage for 40 minutes - engine off, nothing moved. Bengaluru mornings shouldn’t start with a stand-still before work and school even begin. Traffic Police & govt, this gridlock costs more…
Why are the startup founders & CEO's are only behind solving corporate & coding problems (Which are actually not problems) using AI and no one thinks of solving a real world problem like pollution, traffic, Human labour, Healthcare, garbage management etc.. Real-world bugs >…
LLMs didn’t ruin the coding job market, CEOs did, by blindly chasing hype, slashing teams to impress investors, and pretending that auto-generating boilerplate is the same as building real software with real people who understand what they’re doing.
I think no one can reject this offer 😅. But doesn't Meta have good people already for Mark to not look for people outside.
omg 😱 nothing is impossible with AI
today had a candidate email me five minutes after our interview: "Thanks for the chat - here are the two docs I mentioned and a quick Loom demo." It saved me hunting for examples and showed they listened. That tiny follow-through moved them straight to the next round. Small,…
Caught a 9 AM elevator with a stranger juggling two laptops and still holding the door for everyone behind him. Turned out he was onsite for an interview. That tiny act of teamwork - before he would even met the team said more than any reference call could. Skills impress,…
My first big setback in recruiting was an offer decline - I was sure I would blown it. Instead of a lecture, my manager then "Shaam Mathews" took me for coffee and spent 30 minutes breaking down the "why" turning disappointment into a game plan. That chat flipped a bad day into…
Today I had a candidate tell me, "Your rejection email helped me ace my next interview". Turns out one clear paragraph of feedback was all it took to adjust their approach. Small effort for us, huge boost for them. and the candidate just referred one of his friend our way.
We built an HR AI agent..😎 Tired of answering the same employee queries? Meet Pia - our first Agentic AI at @plivo on Slack. Instant answers on leave, policies, perks - faster than you can say "reimbursement." Built by @plivo HR, turbo-charged with @plivo CX magic.
Yesterday a candidate and I both showed up to our video call. Camera-on, microphones muted. We spent the first minute laughing at each other's silent pantomime before un-muting and starting for real. That tiny, shared "tech glitch" broke the ice faster than any formal intro.…
Ordered pizza last night. --> App said 30 min. --> Delivery guy called at 25 min. --> Pizza landed at 28 min - still hot. Funny how clear updates kept me patient the whole time. I think recruiters need to treat the candidates’ time like hot pizza. 🍕😎