How I Got Hired

About How I Got Hired

I'm Sonal Bahl, executive career strategist and corporate survivor of an epic rollercoaster that started in India, zipped through South America and landed in Europe. After two decades in global human resources and helping thousands of professionals reach their next level, I created the show for leaders like you. If you're ready for more meaning, more money and more momentum without burning out or selling out, this is the podcast for you. Reach out to us: www.SuperChargeYourself.com. (Podcast music credit: Teamwork by Scott Holmes, under Creative Commons license.)

Publisher

Sonal Bahl

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Oct 2020

Latest episode

7 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

20 of 145 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What Executive Recruiters Will Never Say Publicly

   Send us a text Senior executive hiring has fundamentally shifted. It is no longer a linear path of applying, interviewing, and receiving an offer. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on "closed-door" conversations with global executive recruiters and leadership assessors to reveal how C-suite and VP-level talent are actually sourced and evaluated. From the "trust recession" to the "with or without you" energy, we explore the unspoken signals that separate top candidates from the rest. K...

2. 

   11 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why "Reliable" Isn't Enough: How to Become Indispensable

   The host explores the critical need for senior professionals to evolve beyond reliability, focusing on solving urgent problems to become truly indispensable in today's job market.

3. 

   29 Jul 2025

   142: Lisa Bodell: Why Simple Wins: Career Lessons from Innovation Pioneer Lisa Bodell

   Send us a text If you’ve ever felt like work is more complicated than it needs to be, you’re not alone — and today’s guest is on a mission to change that. Lisa Bodell is a globally recognized futurist, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of Why Simple Wins — a book so impactful, it’s required reading at Zoom. She’s advised the NSA, taught innovation at Google, and been named one of the Top 40 keynote speakers in the world. In this episode of How I Got Hired, Lisa takes us behind the scenes o...

Inside a recent episode

What Executive Recruiters Will Never Say Publicly

Published 7 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Okay, consumer technology recruiter shared this with me. She said, when a senior candidate has something like a 60 to 70 % match on domain, the domain knowledge. Okay, but a 95 % match on leadership, altitude, altitude, not attitude, altitude. Then we prioritize leadership, not familiarity. We prioritize leadership, not familiarity. So there are some hidden disqualifiers. They will quietly say no and they tend to not give you feedback. So you're wondering what happened? These are the four, five reasons. Either the candidate answers are at the wrong level of altitude. What that means is it's too much in the weeds. […]

Who has been a guest on How I Got Hired

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• Lorraine K Lee
• Olivier Onghena-t Hooft
• Gianpiero Petriglieri
• John Tarnoff
• Winnie Auma

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YouTube views

5,852,846

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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Quality

86

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

85

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