Dave Delaney, a recruiter at Cockroach Labs, discusses innovative hiring practices at the company aimed at creating a fair and effective process. He highlights the challenges faced by traditional hiring methods, which often hinder diversity and candidate engagement, and outlines the company's approach to addressing these issues through three key practices: removing resumes, exercise-based interviews, and an open-sourced interview process. By eliminating resumes, the focus shifts to assessing candidates based on their performance and abilities rather than their backgrounds, while exercise-based interviews allow candidates to demonstrate their skills through practical tasks. The open-sourced process provides transparency, enabling candidates to know what to expect and allowing the company to assess their ability to handle unexpected challenges. Although these methods require significant effort and adaptation from all involved, Delaney notes that they have been successful in building a talented and diverse team at Cockroach Labs, which has grown significantly since he joined. Delaney encourages other companies to start small with these practices, suggesting piloting exercise-based interviewing for a particular role and gradually refining the process.