{"podcast":{"title":"HR Voices","slug":"hr-voices-7512407","podcast_index_feed_id":7512407,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/hr-voices","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanner-green24","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/RYEaoYIErGswdiApV74W575nbbcl_r3aL4o80BRr3fA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNmVk/YTIzMTQ5Y2RkMjQx/ZWUwNTFhMTE1Y2Nl/NGI5Yi5qcGc.jpg","author":"Rebecca Taylor","episode_count":89,"summary":"HR Voices is a scenario-based podcast for People Leaders who’ve actually had to make the call. Each episode brings experienced HR and People leaders into realistic, anonymized workplace scenarios—the kind you recognize immediately. Performance issues. Messy conflicts. Investigations that don’t fit neatly into a policy box. Instead of talking about their own companies, guests react to outside cases and walk through how they’d think it through in real time. There are no right answers here. What you’ll hear is judgment: how seasoned leaders balance risk, fairness, legal reality, and humanity when the stakes are high and the path isn’t obvious. HR Voices is for HR, People Ops, legal, and leaders who want to hear how other smart humans actually handle employee relations—without confidentiality breaches, hypotheticals that feel fake, or a lecture on “best practices.”","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T02:17:27.359275+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-voices-7512407"},"episode":{"title":"Should You Still Hire Him If He Lies?","slug":"should-you-still-hire-him-if-he-lies","published_at":"2026-04-30T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-voices-7512407/should-you-still-hire-him-if-he-lies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-voices-7512407","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/bd87b065","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/bd87b065/c072fed1.mp3","summary":"Summary A top candidate for a senior finance role is discovered to have misrepresented their MBA degree during a post-offer background check, having dropped out after two years. Despite 15 years of strong experience and excellent references, the hiring manager insists on making an exception, arguing the degree is irrelevant. This directly conflicts with the organization's HR policy, which mandates rescinding offers for material misrepresentations, creating a high-stakes dilemma for HR. The core tension lies in balancing a manager's desire for a seemingly perfect candidate against the critical need for integrity in a finance role and the consistent application of company policy. HR must navigate this by reframing the issue from a conflict between departments to a shared business risk, emphasizing the importance of trust and adherence to established hiring precedents to safeguard organizational compliance and values. Timestamps 02:19 Trust and misrepresentation as the core issue for senior finance roles 03:15 Reframing the problem from \"between us\" to \"in front of us\" 07:06 Aligning candidate qualifications with established precedent and policy 11:23 Coaching managers through values-based decisions 15:07 Concise communication with candidates about rescinded offers 17:19 HR as advisors and empowering business leaders 23:36 The dangers of bias and inconsistent application of policy for compliance 26:40 Anti-bias training as a proactive measure 31:19 HR's essential role in driving the business bottom line Takeaways Prioritize trust and integrity in hiring, especially for sensitive roles, as misrepresentation, regardless of experience, introduces an untrustworthy risk to the organization. Reframe conflicts with hiring managers by presenting problems objectively (\"in front of…","meta_description":"Summary A top candidate for a senior finance role is discovered to have misrepresented their MBA degree during a post-offer background check, having dropp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1996,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hr-voices-7512407/episodes/should-you-still-hire-him-if-he-lies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-voices-7512407/should-you-still-hire-him-if-he-lies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}