May 2025 – Oct 2025 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Got a front-row seat to the fast-paced world of gaming during my time at MPL—a thrilling ride with a steep learning curve! I led Engineering & Product hiring through a high-growth phase, helping scale teams quickly across pods while keeping quality intact. With over 100 million users, the impact was real, and so was the hustle.
• Ownership and proactiveness were my superpowers here—becoming the go-to person for hiring at speed. While recent regulatory changes in India have hit the gaming sector hard (and me along with it), I’m now back in the market, excited for what’s next. Onward and upward! 🚀

Jan 2024 – May 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Recently moved into the Manager – Talent Acquisition role—still hiring with heart, now leading a small but mighty team across Engineering, Product & Design. Working closely with stakeholders, driving org-wide TA projects, and strategic initiatives.

Jan 2023 – Dec 2023 · 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

• As Lead Talent Partner, I helped hire top Engineering & product talent—fast, smart, and with a smile. 😄
• Planned smart ways to bring in the right people at the right time, and made hiring more flexible and diverse.
• Worked closely with managers, gave honest advice, and made sure every candidate had a great experience.

Dec 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Apr 2021 – Dec 2021 · 8 mos

• ▪ Own the entire Talent Acquisition vertical for Tech division at SquadStack and built
• hiring process with an aim to onboard quality talent in the company.
• ▪ Hired for Entry to Leadership Positions in Engineering function (Java, /Python//Node.Js/React),
• ▪ Consult on ideas and Strategies related to hiring that contributed to the long-range
• growth of the company, implement any new process for recruiting that fits within
• SquadStack’s mission to deliver highest quality results to the customers.
• ▪ Successfully drove the campus recruitment program across diverse colleges from India to
• get A+ Performers onboard.
• ▪ Led the first ever diversity hiring program as an initiative to celebrate and promote more women in tech.
• ▪ Active participation in full cycle recruiting efforts, identify better evaluation techniques
• to speed up the hiring process, define competencies for critical roles in the organization.
• to help evaluate candidates and ensure the highest bar.
• ▪ Well versed with technology tools for capturing end to end candidate assessment.

Jan 2021 – Apr 2021 · 3 mos

Dec 2017 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Meenakshi conceptualizes and designs the sourcing plan through various channels in order to meet targets pro-actively. She owns full life-cycle recruitment & placement for tech vertical along with Leadership non tech hiring at Porter. She works with Co-founders, Hiring Managers & Department Heads in planning & designing recruiting process.
• Meenakshi has experience in end to end recruitment exposure right from sourcing the best candidates to interview scheduling, offer roll out & salary negotiation. She monitors and continuously improves key recruitment metrics (lead-time, conversion/decline ratios,source mix etc.) She is well versed with both Tech and non tech Job portals, social media (LinkedIn & Facebook), sourcing & niche skill hiring.
• She leads and manage the interview process evaluations with hiring managers filtering candidates as appropriate and Perform activities like vendor coordination, identifying potential candidates, qualifying potential candidates, checking references, preparing candidates for interviews, coordinating interviews along with candidate retention and counselling.

Jul 2017 – Oct 2017 · 3 mos