Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal Posts Hiring Update, 30 Of 18,000 Applicants Offered Jobs
Eighteen people have already joined Zomato and other group companies like Blinkit in high-impact roles, Goyal said.
Sharing an update on his headline-grabbing post in November last year for Chief of Staff, Zomato's Chief Executive Officer Deepinder Goyal said that of the massive 18,000 applications that poured in, 30 "exceptional" candidates were handpicked.
"We started with 18,000+ applications and have had the privilege of meeting over 150 incredibly talented individuals. From this, 30 exceptional people received offers, and 18 have already joined Zomato and other group companies like Blinkit in high-impact roles. They’re being handsomely compensated for the value they bring, and nobody paid anything to work with us," Goyal posted on LinkedIn.
"Who are these 30 people? Founders who bootstrapped startups from their dorm rooms, engineers who rewrote entire tech stacks over a weekend, operators who turned chaos into scale, and a handful of brilliant young minds fresh out of college—people we believe will lead us into the future. What sets them apart? A long-term mindset. They weren’t optimising for short-term outcomes but for compounding impact—the most misunderstood mathematical miracle," he said.
Four of the 18 new hires, who have already joined, are working directly with Goyal, according to the post, and two of them are in Chief of Staff roles.
In a social media post in November 2024, Goyal had announced he was looking for a chief of staff. The post said the chief of staff would not be paid salary for a year. Instead, the selected candidate would have to pay Rs 20 lakh to Zomato. Goyal had later backtracked, claiming the post was meant to serve as a filter to identify candidates who would "appreciate" the unique career opportunity.
In his latest post on Wednesday, he went on to add, "And we’re not done. With 18,000+ applications, we’re still carefully sifting through this amazing talent pool. This isn’t just a one-time hiring sprint—it’s a long-term investment in the people who will build the future with us. We’ll keep reaching out to the right folks, slowly but surely."
