Peak Games: Hiring Priorities in Times of Rapid Growth (A)

By: Gamze Yucaoglu and William R. Kerr

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Synopsis: Sidar ahin, founder and CEO of Peak Games, a Turkey-based global mobile gaming company, must decide on the final list of candidates for the critical global marketing director position the company has been trying to fill for over a year. Since its founding in 2010, Peak Games has grown to become Europe's 3rd biggest grossing online gaming company and its mobile games have made a name for themselves internationally. ahin's team has grown to 100 people, almost all of whom reside in the same office in Istanbul, Turkey. As Peak's games reached an audience of over 350 million users worldwide, the recruitment needs and criteria also changed. ahin needed more internationally experienced talent in the company. Yet, this was not an easy background to acquire in Turkey, and ahin valued that team members shared the office to meld into the company culture. Throughout the year, the company's HR director has used multiple search channels and interviewed various candidates. In April 2017, having received a short list of candidates, none of whom looked like the "perfect fit" at an initial glance, ahin is set on reaching a decision on the position.