{"id":1248,"date":"2025-06-02T14:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tryinteract.com\/podcast\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:26:18","slug":"hiring-assessments-ft-coconut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tryinteract.com\/podcast\/hiring-assessments-ft-coconut\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Assessments ft. Coconut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-16982077\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1730927\/episodes\/16982077-hiring-assessments-with-tyler-leber-of-coconut.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-16982077&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, Josh Haynam interviews Tyler Leber, co-founder of Coconut, about their innovative approach to hiring virtual assistants through a branching logic quiz system. 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