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Paul Bilodeau

Cofounder, Filtered

Search every verified Paul Bilodeau interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Paul Bilodeau, co-founder and CEO of Filtered, discussed the company’s approach to hiring in podcast appearances from 2021. He described Filtered as a collaborative hiring workspace that aims to bring objectivity to the engineering hiring process by using job-specific tasks instead of traditional resumes or coding challenges. Bilodeau stated that applicant tracking systems often match keywords from job descriptions to resumes, which he said can lead to candidates gaming the system. He also commented on the role of bias in hiring, saying that labeling people based on fixed traits can become a self-fulfilling truth, and emphasized the importance of practice and change. In a separate interview, Bilodeau discussed fundraising and company structure. He described Filtered as having grown out of a consulting company and noted that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the future of work. He advised entrepreneurs to treat fundraising as a necessary enabler rather than a burden, and reflected on the importance of clearly defining ownership and agreements between co-founders early on, comparing it to a prenup. Bilodeau described himself as pragmatic in both interviews.

Recent appearances

  • Ep422: Paul Bilodeau | CEO and Founder, Filtered.AI

    June 01, 2021 · 📺 The Matias Experiment

    Paul Bilodeau is the CEO and founder of Filtered, a capabilities-based hiring platform designed specifically for engineers, developers and tech talent, that helps to remove unconscious bias from the hiring process through assessments and coding tasks. Paul started his professional career as a recruiter for a leading recruitment firm in Boston. It wasn’t long before he identified major disconnects and inefficiencies when it came to the hiring process, so in 2010 he created PangeaConnect, a video interviewing platform. Soon after, he co-founded data science consulting company refactorED, and bui…

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  • 13. Filtered - Paul Bilodeau

    March 10, 2021 · 📺 MassVentures

    Paul Bilodeau, co-founder and CEO of Filtered.ai, talks about the pros and cons of being a contrarian when it comes to raising venture capital. "Don’t think of fundraising as a necessary evil…think of it as a necessary enabler and go at it full speed."

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