🚀 From Small-Town in Assam to AI Startup CEO | Abhisek's Inspiring Journey 🔥
- Prafulla Deori
- Jun 29
- 2 min read
Happy Sunday, lovely people! ☀️
Today’s episode on the I AM A RECRUITER™ podcast is extra close to my heart 💛
🎥 Watch the episode here at 8 PM IST → 🚀 From Small-Town in Assam to AI Startup CEO | Abhisek's Inspiring Journey 🔥 - YouTube
Meet Abhisek Agarwal, co-founder of Fomogo — an AI-powered hiring platform that's changing how recruiters screen candidates 🤖🎯
🚸 At just 9 years old, Abhisek left home for boarding school.
He didn’t know how to make his own bed, but life was already teaching him grit 💪
He grew up among tea gardens and humble beginnings…
While other kids played in the backyard, he was learning horse-riding, archery, bamboo weaving, and theatre 🐎🎭
“When everyone’s struggling together, you grow stronger together.”
After Class 10, he moved to Delhi to prepare for IIT. But guess what?
He didn’t crack it.
Instead of giving up, he changed direction.
💡 Joined Amity on full scholarship
💻 Studied Computer Science
🎒 Took a gap year (super rare!)
🌱 Interned at a hydroponics startup
🧑💻 Stayed for 4 years — and built their entire tech team from scratch!
💥 Fast-forward a few years, after working in AgriTech and FinTech startups…
He noticed a broken hiring system — same-looking resumes, gut-based decisions, and unfair opportunities 😓
So he built Fomogo — where AI helps recruiters run better first-round interviews and lets candidates show their real selves 📹✨
Today, his platform is helping teams reduce hiring time from 30 days to under 10!
🧠 Abhisek’s Biggest Belief:
“There’s no such thing as the best fit — only the right fit.”
Skills matter, but culture fit and compatibility are what keep teams strong. 💖
🌟 What can we learn from Abhisek’s story?
✅ You don’t need a big city or IIT to succeed
✅ It's okay to take a pause and figure things out
✅ Build after deeply understanding the real pain
✅ Trust your instincts — but validate with data
✅ Focus on compatibility, not just credentials
✅ Use tech to scale your time and impact
✅ Dream big, stay humble, move fast 🚀
🙌 Huge thanks, Abhisek, for sharing your journey.
You’ve shown us that dreams don’t need perfect conditions — just courage, clarity & consistency 🌈
Let this story inspire every student, recruiter, founder, and dreamer reading this.
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