EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 128: Wouter Durville, Co-founder and CEO of TestGorilla

Jul 24, 2025 - 08:01
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EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 128: Wouter Durville, Co-founder and CEO of TestGorilla

In this episode of the EU-Startups Podcast, Wouter Durville, Co-founder and CEO of TestGorilla, joins us to discuss the evolving landscape of hiring. TestGorilla, backed by over $80 million in funding, is on a mission to make hiring more effective and inclusive through skills-based assessments. By helping companies identify top talent at the very start of the recruitment process, it enables people to be placed in roles where they can truly thrive.

In the interview, Wouter discusses the shift away from traditional hiring methods and explains why résumés don’t work, how to test for the skills that really matter, and what founders, hiring managers, and HR leaders often get wrong. He also shares how to make hiring fairer, faster, and more human, especially in a world where AI is starting to play a bigger role and degrees are no longer a must.

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Key Takeaways:

  • Traditional hiring methods are becoming obsolete.
  • Résumés are dying; skills are the new currency.
  • Degrees are optional. Talent and hard work are not.
  • AI + assessment = fairer, faster hiring.
  • Human values like critical thinking and kindness are crucial.
  • The future of hiring will focus on skills, not signals.

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