Hire developers in 48 hours and keep the bar high
Fast hiring usually means cutting corners. It doesn’t have to: if the slow, expensive part is already finished before you show up.
Conventional wisdom says you can hire fast or hire well, not both. That’s true when vetting starts the day you post a role. It stops being true when the vetting is already done, and the shortlist is waiting.
Why traditional hiring takes months
Sourcing, screening, take-homes, panels, offers, notice periods, relocation. Each step is serial, and most of the calendar is spent finding and filtering, not deciding. For senior roles in tight markets, three to four months is normal.
Move the slow part earlier
A pre-vetted bench flips the sequence. The expensive work, a five-stage funnel that admits ~3%: happens continuously, in advance. When you have a brief, matching against people who’ve already cleared the bar takes about 48 hours, not months.
What the 48 hours actually looks like
- Day 0: a 30-minute call on stack, seniority and whether you want talent onshore, remote or offshore.
- Within 2 days: a shortlist of pre-vetted engineers who fit your domain and hours.
- Days 3–5: interview the finalists and start a two-week risk-free trial.
- Week 1 onward: they join your rituals and ship.
Where the quality guarantee comes from
Speed doesn’t mean risk here because two things sit underneath it: a named-developer guarantee (the engineer you interview is the one who joins) and a two-week trial (you only continue once you’re confident). The bar was never lowered, it was just cleared before you arrived.
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