# Nobody Told Me How to Get Here | A Why Design Guide on Being Hired

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Podcast: [WHY DESIGN?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-design-7007437)
Published: 2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://why-design.captivate.fm/episode/being-hired-hardware-interview-secrets
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## Resource

The hardware and deep tech industry does not do much to tell talented people how to get in, when to make a move, or how to build a career that lasts. Over twelve episodes of Why Design, Chris Whyte has spoken with founders, CTOs, and senior design and engineering leaders who worked all of that out for themselves, often without a roadmap. This compilation is the result. Featured guests - Tess Cosad, CEO, Béa Fertility (Ep 01) on the one thing she looks for in every hire, and what that tells candidates about how to show up. - Dan Salisbury, Industrial Designer, Automata (Ep 02) on almost not passing probation, playing to his strengths, and why he would not jump ship for anything less than exactly right. - Dr Liz McGloughlin, Co-Founder, Tympany Medical (Ep 03) on how to articulate yourself in five or six sentences, and why most people skip the most practisable part of interview preparation. - Rob Hallifax, Co-Founder, Windfall Energy (Ep 04) on meeting his co-founder at a random IoT meetup and why getting out there is the one strategy that has never let him down. - Sid Shaikh, CTO, Fieldwork Robotics (Ep 05) on what attracts great engineers to startups, and why communication is the professional habit that compounds fastest over a career. - Felicity Boyce, Head of R&D, Koroyd (Ep 06) on going with her gut to move to Monaco for a role she could not fully see yet, and what saying yes to something terrifying actually taught her. - Matt Batchelor, Co-founder, Instrument Industries (Ep 08) on building a portfolio after redundancy, funding a master's degree through a Victorian-era scholarship, and his take on what a career actually is. - Bob Schwartz, Design Leader and CDO, GE Healthcare, P&G, and Motorola (Ep 10) on table stakes in an interview, how to guide the room w…

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