Hiring

Building a vetting pipeline that scales: from 200 CVs to 1 hire

How we run our vetting pipeline at scale: a 6-stage funnel that processes 200+ candidates a week and ships hires that stick beyond their first year.

teamindia May 4, 2026 1 min read

The funnel, end-to-end

Sourcing → screening → craft assessment → architecture interview → values fit → reference check. Six stages, with a 99% drop-rate that is intentional.

What we measure

Time per stage, drop-rate, false-positive rate at 90 days. The last one is the only one that matters long-term.

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