Cursor’s head of talent says companies get one crucial thing wrong with work trials

Cursor's CEO, Michael Truell, has flown across the world to hire top talent. Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX Conference Cursor has brought work trials back into its hiring process for technical candidates. Its head of talent, Adam Ward, said they are expensive but worth the work for top hires. "It's hard to think of a better way than doing side-by-side real work to get those signals," he said. Work trials can be a way for both candidate and company to see if a job is a good fit, but Cursor's head of talent says some employers get it wrong. A big mistake is making the work trial too focused on getting something out of the candidate, Adam Ward, Cursor's head of talent , said on an episode of "Lenny's Podcast" released Sunday. "This is where most companies get it wrong on the on-site," Ward said.