Hired 18 Engineers in One Quarter With Zero Recruiter Burnout
Series B SaaS Company · B2B SaaS, United States
Results at a Glance
- Time to Hire: 38 days → 9 days
- Engineering Hours on Hiring: 22 hrs/week → 4 hrs/week
- Offer Acceptance Rate: 62% → 91%
The Challenge
- 120-person B2B SaaS company in Austin needed to double their engineering team in one quarter - Two recruiters were maxed out, senior engineers spending full days on screening calls - Without ai recruiting software, candidates were dropping off because the process took 38 days - Product launch deadline at risk due to hiring bottleneck
The Solution
- Replaced all first and second-round interviews with The Cognitive, an ai recruiting platform - Every applicant received an interview link within 2 hours of applying - AI conducted 30-minute technical and behavioral interviews with adaptive follow-ups - Generated scorecards with evidence quotes and flagged top candidates automatically - Engineers only met candidates who scored above their threshold
The Results
- Hired 18 engineers in 11 weeks - Time-to-hire dropped from 38 days to 9 days - Senior engineers got back 18 hours per week - Offer acceptance rate jumped from 62% to 91% - The ai recruiting software paid for itself in the first week - See AI interview pricing for high-volume hiring teams. - Read more: How AI conducts live video interviews
Our engineers were spending more time interviewing than coding. Now they review a scorecard, watch a 2-minute highlight clip, and make a decision. We shipped our launch on time because of this.