Kanchan Handa

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Sr Recruiter - Global Talent Acquisition at AMD

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Overview

Kanchan is a Senior Recruiter on AMDs Global Talent Acquisition team, bringing experience from tech giants like Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Amazon. She specializes in full-cycle recruiting for leadership and engineering roles, leveraging her expertise in talent strategy. Her background includes an MBA and a certification in tech recruitment.

Colleagues and candidates consistently describe her as calm, transparent, and personable—qualities recognized when she was named "Best student in Interpersonal Skills. " She has a keen academic interest in corporate social responsibility and has published work on the correlation between social media and human behavior.

She was awarded a Gold Medal by the Association of Indian Management Schools for her paper presentation on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Personality Overview

Thorough Evaluator

Rigorous & Demanding

Fast But Analytical

More than the product, they care about the impact of the product.  They respond better to strong and respectful interactions. They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.

Topics They Care About

Leadership Hiring
Focuses on end-to-end recruiting for senior roles, developing hiring strategies and partnering with stakeholders at companies like Microsoft and AMD.
AI in Recruiting
Experienced with AI technologies to source talent and actively recruits for specialized AI/ML engineering roles, including those focused on LLMs and TensorFlow.
Candidate Experience
Recommendations consistently praise her for being transparent, responsive, and ensuring a positive, well-communicated process for candidates.

Media Appearances

Kanchan has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Sr Recruiter - Global Talent Acquisition at AMD
12-2023 - 7-2025
Sr Recruiter - Global Talent Acquisition ( Leadership Hiring) at Microsoft
9-2021 - 11-2023
Sr Recruiter at Silicon Labs
6-2019 - 9-2021
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Qualcomm
1-2019 - 4-2019
Recruiter II at Amazon

Education

2013 - 2015
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Motivational Pathway
2010 - 2013
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra

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Insights For Selling To Kanchan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features
  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kanchan is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kanchan

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kanchan move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Kanchan take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Kanchan

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