{"podcast":{"title":"The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast","slug":"the-cyber-security-recruiter-podcast-6600237","podcast_index_feed_id":6600237,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/thecybersecurityrecruiterpodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/thecybersecurityrecruiterpodcast","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/thecybersecurityrecruiterpodcast/20231016_011056_5861e66f07c73763cea1122bade2b652.jpg","author":"Thomas Richard","episode_count":154,"summary":"The mission is simple: To enhance your career growth within the Cybersecurity community & bring interesting and knowledgable guests onto the Podcast so that you can benefit from their experience.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:19:11.690113+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cyber-security-recruiter-podcast-6600237"},"episode":{"title":"Thomas Richard talks to Spencer Grant, Lead R&D Recruiter at 7AI","slug":"thomas-richard-talks-to-spencer-grant-lead-r-d-recruiter-at-7ai","published_at":"2026-07-24T07:35:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cyber-security-recruiter-podcast-6600237/thomas-richard-talks-to-spencer-grant-lead-r-d-recruiter-at-7ai","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cyber-security-recruiter-podcast-6600237","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/thecybersecurityrecruiterpodcast/3012948","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/227325/3012948/thecybersecurityrecruiterpodcast/2026_07_22_16_21_31_ec63870e-e873-4a74-9e51-7dbf08f3dcef.mp3","summary":"Recruiting in cybersecurity & AI: Relationships, what great candidates do, and fixing broken hiring processes Thomas hosts the Cybersecurity Recruiter podcast with Spencer Grant, lead recruiter at 7AI, discussing recruiting realities, relationship-driven hiring, and how top candidates stand out. Spencer describes his career path largely shaped by following a strong manager and emphasizes providing a “three-star Michelin” candidate experience. They outline traits of great candidates: depth of technical understanding (the “whys”), outcome-focused thinking tied to business ROI and honesty paired with curiosity. Spencer critiques broken application processes and advises proactive outreach after applying, strong interview preparation - company research, coding/system design readiness - and asking substantive questions. They discuss AI’s impact on jobs, valuing human touch over automated screening, and Spencer’s Meta layoff and contracting path back to full-time. Book recommendation: “The Mental Game: Winning the War Within Your Mind.” 00:00 Welcome and wins 00:47 Recruiter reality check 02:21 Spencer career intro 04:06 Relationships over tools 08:29 What makes candidates great 14:06 Curiosity and learning fast 19:03 Hiring process mistakes 23:37 Manual recruiting over AI 26:37 High touch candidate experience 27:43 AI expands security jobs 29:35 Layoffs and market cycles 31:52 Rebounding after Meta layoff 34:16 Contracting as a strategy 35:01 Office osmosis learning 39:04 Culture and knowledge sharing 42:04 Mindset book recommendation 46:54 Final thanks and wrap","meta_description":"Recruiting in cybersecurity & AI: Relationships, what great candidates do, and fixing broken hiring processes Thomas hosts the Cybersecurity Recruiter…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2849,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-cyber-security-recruiter-podcast-6600237/episodes/thomas-richard-talks-to-spencer-grant-lead-r-d-recruiter-at-7ai/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cyber-security-recruiter-podcast-6600237/thomas-richard-talks-to-spencer-grant-lead-r-d-recruiter-at-7ai.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}