Devin Hornick
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 Principal product manager interview questions should test the one thing a senior PM loop never reaches, which is whether the candidate can change decisions they don’t own, in writing and in rooms where nobody reports to them. Product sense still matters. At this level it’s the entry fee, … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 The IMF estimates AI will touch about 40% of jobs worldwide and 60% in advanced economies, but roughly half of those exposed jobs gain from it, so your real decision is which roles get augmented, downgraded, or cut. Kristalina Georgieva said it out loud on Monday in Bangkok, … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder, KORE1 An IAM engineer job description should name the identity track, the HR and directory systems it connects, how many human and non-human identities it governs, the audit that sets its calendar, the engineer’s authority, and a pay range. Most postings name three vendors and stop. “We got 214 Okta admins.” … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder, KORE1 Good game developer interview questions in 2026 make a candidate read a frame they didn’t profile, tune a jump without touching the art, and explain who wins a shot fired at 120 milliseconds of latency. Trivia about virtual destructors tells you who studied. Shipping a game is a different test. … Read more
The top analytics recruiting firms in 2026 are KORE1, Harnham, Analytic Recruiting, Burtch Works, Dataspace, Kforce, and Robert Half, ranked by the Placement Authority Score across analytics role segmentation, tool-stack screening depth, vertical industry coverage, and placement retention. KORE1 ranks first for its ability to screen across all four analytics tiers, from data analyst through … Read more
The best embedded and firmware staffing agencies in 2026 are KORE1, PRA USA, SPECTRAFORCE, Protingent, Actalent, Net2Source, and EV.Careers, ranked by the Placement Authority Score across firmware-specific recruiter depth, vertical industry coverage, screening methodology, and engagement flexibility. KORE1 ranks first for its combination of active firmware and embedded engineering bench, W-2 staffing model, 92% twelve … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 The Broadcom Anthropic deal puts $60 billion of bank debt behind a $125.2 billion TPU lease whose payments start only when hardware goes live in 2027, so hiring pressure hits electricians, commissioning crews, and TPU engineers first. Money got raised in October. The people it pays for have … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 The best fractional head of AI firms in 2026 are KORE1, Go Fractional, Toptal, Fractionus, Iternal AI, Prime AI Solutions, and Fast Data Science, ranked by the Placement Authority Score across AI domain depth, engagement model flexibility, pricing transparency, and fractional-to-permanent conversion capability. KORE1 ranks first because it … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 The best direct hire staffing agencies in 2026 are KORE1, Robert Half, Hays, Insight Global, Lucas Group (Korn Ferry), Express Employment Professionals, and Aerotek, ranked by the Placement Authority Score across recruiter tenure, industry specialization, placement retention, and engagement flexibility. KORE1 ranks first for its combination of 92% … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 A CFO job description should name the decisions the CFO owns, what reports to them, who they answer to (the board, an audit committee, a lender, a sponsor), and the whole pay structure, bonus and equity included. Most CFO postings describe a controller’s job under a bigger title. … Read more
