Hiring for startups with time for your team

Gather candidate answers and AI screening interview evidence before the first call. Founders and small teams can spend more time getting to know the people they may hire.

Trusted by hiring teams across industries since 2023

Built for startup hiring teams

For founders and small teams making their first hires or adding new roles.

Less manual screening

Review CVs and candidate answers in one workflow, with less repetitive admin for your team.

Evidence beyond the CV

Use role-specific questions to understand candidates' experience and interests before choosing who to meet.

More time for conversations

Let AI help with initial screening while your team focuses on the next conversation and makes the hiring decision.

Illustration of candidate screening on a phone

Make time for the people you may hire

Need more time to
interviews?
Meet Alex, your AI interview assistant

Collect the first answers in an AI screening interview, then use the evidence to choose who to meet. Your team makes the hiring decision.

Let candidates interview 24/7

Candidates can complete AI screening interviews on mobile or desktop, day or night, within the role’s interview window.

Give founders and teams time back

Reduce repeated first calls so founders and team members have more time for focused candidate conversations.

Start with a clear first step

Give candidates a consistent interview structure and room to explain their experience.

How it works

Three steps to a shortlist your team can review

Set the role requirements, invite candidates to AI screening interviews, and review the evidence together. Your hiring team decides who moves forward.

Step 1: Set the role requirements

Choose the questions and pre-qualification rules for the role. Collect candidate answers and CVs before your team reviews the next step.

Candidate completing an AI screening interview

Step 2: Run AI screening interviews

Candidates complete a structured interview on mobile or desktop within your interview window. Your team can review the recording, transcript, and evaluation.

Candidate evidence prepared for hiring team review

Step 3: Review the evidence together

Bring candidate answers and interview evidence into one review. Your hiring team checks the details and decides who to meet next.

Customer outcomes across Skill Society

More time for candidate conversations and clear decisions

Customer outcomes across Skill Society. These results came from each customer's hiring workflow.

Hours saved per hire at Wilbur

Hours saved during offshore hiring at IDVerse

Candidates interviewed after hours at Pet Circle

Candidate satisfaction at William Buck

Read the customer stories:Wilbur IDVerse Pet Circle William Buck

These results come from wider Skill Society hiring workflows. Start with one role and measure what changes for your founders, team, and candidates.

Roles we support in startups

Supporting hiring across product, technical, growth, operations, and more.

Founders & executive rolesSoftware engineersProduct managersGrowth & marketingSales & partnershipsCustomer successOperations & generalistsDesigners & UXData & analyticsPeople & culture

Why startups choose Skill Society

Give founders and small teams clear candidate evidence and more time for conversations.

Saving founder timeTime to the first conversationMaking room for candidate conversationsImproving candidate experienceHandling high applicant volumeReducing screening time