Our Vetting Process

How We Filter Top 1.5% Talent

Here we reveal the magic that turns thousands of candidates into 1.5% of the chosen ones, ready to make your next project a success.

Our rigorous vetting ensures your next hire is predictably easy, fast, and risk-free. We don't trust online tests, AI, or auto-screening software. Call it old-fashioned, but real people make your next hire happen.

Tough Vetting by Us —
Smooth Hires for You

since:2015|screened:50,000+
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100%

Resume & Profile Review

Every candidate passes a thorough LinkedIn and portfolio check. We accept senior developers with proven commercial experience only.

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10%

Soft Skills Screening

A little over 10% of all screened profiles undergo a live interview. We test English fluency, communication skills, and validate if CV is true-to-life.

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3%

Technical Interview

Only 3% reach the technical interview with the best senior developers from our community. All interviews are quality controlled to ensure high standards.

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1.5%

Listed on Platform

1.5%—literally the best of the best—are listed on the platform with all their skills, experience, and achievements validated and well-organized.

Quality Markers

How We Identify Good Candidates

Since 2015, after screening thousands of candidates, we've found how to filter for developers who can get things done without babysitting.

Proven Commercial Experience

Not on paper, but real commercial experience with the required stack. Our developers know how to put theory into practice, and prove it by solving realistic problems on technical interviews.

Fluent English & Communication

No chance to pass our screening with a nice rehearsed speech. We test communication skills from small talk to complex collaboration role-playing. Our developers are a pleasure to work with.

Self-Management & Responsibility

Non-responsive or chronically late candidates get instantly eliminated. Our screening is intense and involves a lot of interactions within 2 short weeks. We don't give second chances to those who can't manage their time.

Interview Deep Dive

Tech Interviews Designed to
Spot the Right Talent

We follow similar steps to other platforms, but the most important is HOW we do it. Here's a sneak peek at our technical interview.

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Small Talk

Not just a warm-up, but an actual screening stage

Developers who can't hold a casual conversation don't pass. We prioritize communication as it's key to problem-solving, not just closing tickets. We ensure our developers fit right into any team.

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Experience Dive

Resumes are cool, but we dig deeper

We explore how and why candidates used certain tools and technologies and how they tackled real-world challenges.

Deconstruct complex problems into tasksIntroduce impactful upgradesCollaborate effectively with teamsHandle legacy code gracefully
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Non-Googleable Theory

Tricky questions to see what candidates really know

We test data types, under-the-hood specifics, framework differences, and coding approaches. But we don't stop there—we also test if they've put that knowledge to practice.

What would you do after committing a production token to GitHub?
How would you optimize high read traffic in a database?
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Practice Challenge

Where the rubber meets the road

This is where a lot of candidates trip up. We throw real problems their way and watch how they think, how fast they move, and how they handle tough challenges.

System designLive codingCode reviewBug fixingAlgorithm analysis
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Passion Screening

How nerdy are they? We want to know!

We ask about the latest tech they're using, how they keep skills sharp, and what cool stuff they've brought to projects. If they're not geeking out about their craft, they're probably not the right fit.

Transparency

Sounds Too Good? Here's the Reality

We describe the best case scenario and put enormous effort to follow it. But we're honest about the challenges we encounter—though we never compromise on critical quality markers.

Not Enough Time

Sometimes we adopt a 'less theory, more practice' approach to spot potential gaps on practical problems and save time.

Too Many Skills to Validate

An average candidate has 30-40 skills. We check and show clients validated core stack only, with additional interviews available per-project.

Uncertain Feedback

If post-interview feedback isn't clear, we give candidates another chance with a different technical specialist.

Not a 'Small Talk' Person

If candidates have solid experience but don't rock small talk, we still give them a try and help with interview preparations.

Trust

Why Trust Our Process

Our interviewers are senior engineers and tech leads with hundreds of interviews behind their back. Here's how we maintain quality.

Mature Skilled Team

Our interviewers are senior engineers and tech leads with hundreds of interviews and successful projects behind their backs.

Quality Control & Peer Reviews

We record interviews for improvement, do regular performance checks, and handle peer-reviews and knowledge sharing.

Reverse Engineering

If something goes wrong, we thoroughly investigate to spot what we missed, share findings, and ensure similar mistakes never happen again.

Unified Evaluation

Strict score cards, evaluation sheets, and unified parameters ensure 100% fair and objective assessment.

Ready-to-interview vetted developers
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We've been iterating our screening processes since 2015. We know how to make your next hire a success.

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