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Anil Chandra

Questioner · DISC type c
Principal - Executive Search at Atlassian
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Anil Chandra is a talent acquisition leader with 20 years of experience building hiring engines for startups and enterprises like Atlassian, ThoughtSpot, and InMobi. He specializes in executive search and scaling teams in high-growth environments. He holds a PGCHRM from XLRI Jamshedpur.

His professional writings focus on the importance of soft skills in career progression, such as clear articulation, the ability to summarize complex information, and effective context-switching between different tasks and audiences.

Unique fact: While at a stealth startup, he single-handedly scaled the team from 0 to 40 employees in less than 18 months.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Principal - Executive Search
Job Level
Senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Anil shows up

Value Seeker
Not Easily Convinced
Systematic

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms. They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.

Priorities

Topics Anil cares about

Startup Scaling
He has extensive experience building recruitment infrastructure and scaling teams from the ground up in high-growth startups like Ola and a stealth company.
Executive Search
His current role at Atlassian is focused on finding and engaging exceptional executive-level talent for leadership positions within India.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Principal - Executive Search
Atlassian
1-2023 - 10-2025
Founding Member - Global Talent Acquisition
Stealth Startup
4-2020 - 1-2023
Senior Director - Global Talent Acquisition
ThoughtSpot
8-2018 - 4-2020
Global Head - Talent Acquisition
InMobi
11-2014 - 8-2018
Growth stage startups - All Things TA & HR
Tapzo (Ex-Helpchat) and Ola
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
PGCHRM
XLRI Jamshedpur
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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