When I was hired in the company was still pretty small. Hiring/interviewing was done by the HR department. As the company grew Hiring/interviewing shifted onto the Project Managers and away from HR. The general process is now: Receive resume Put into one of two pools (regular resumes, and employee recommended resumes) Resumes in the employee recommended are looked at before the regular pool. When a project needs to be staffed or need another employee, Project managers, go over the pool select an resume that sounds good and then contacts them. The project manager then interviews the possible employee. If the manager believes the interview to go smoothly the resume is passed along to the HR department who then processes the possible employees paperwork and runs a criminal background check. Once the BG check comes in, if clean, person is brought on and trained for the project.