Building Hiring Momentum for An Australian Telecom Giant’s India Expansion
Handled both volume and niche technology hiring while ensuring speed, quality, and consistent candidate conversion in a highly competitive talent market.
The Outcome
Became a reliable talent partner to Telstra by providing relevant market intelligence, improving their hiring process and integrating technology to better screen and shortlisted candidates.
The Challenge
Telstra was looking to rapidly scale its technology hiring in India within a defined project timeline.
The mandate came with multiple layers of complexity:
- Hiring for both high-volume and niche technology roles within a fixed timeframe
- Planning to scale in India but with limited clarity on local talent availability and market dynamics
- Ensuring hiring momentum despite frequent candidate movement and offer drop-offs
The challenge wasn’t just about filling positions quickly. It was about building a structured hiring approach that could deliver at scale, with speed, and consistently convert under tight timelines.
Our Approach — the Peepal Way
The engagement was driven by a structured, insight-led approach focused on speed, adaptability, and execution precision, enabling hiring outcomes that aligned closely with business needs.
Talent Intelligence & Market Mapping
We started by understanding where the right talent actually sat, across companies, skill clusters, and experience bands. This helped reduce guesswork and bring more clarity into sourcing.
Driving Better Conversion Through Process Optimisation
Peepal partnered with HirePro and HackerRank to streamline the hiring workflow and improve candidate turnaround time.
This included:
- Conducting L1 interview rounds from our end
- Integrating HackerRank to conduct assessments and technical evaluation
- Reducing the client interview process to a single round
- Enabling faster decision-making and offer rollouts within 3-4 weeks
This significantly reduced hiring friction and helped accelerate closures.