The senior hire you can't get wrong is usually the one you have least time for. Your next engineering lead decides what ships this year. You don't have an HR team, LinkedIn InMails go unanswered, and a consultant wants 8.33% of CTC. Hire22 does the sourcing and chasing, and gives you a short ranked list of people who have already said they're interested.
Larger companies throw recruiters and agencies at the problem. You have your own calendar and a runway.
Without an HR team, sourcing, follow-ups and scheduling land on you or your CTO. A senior search can quietly take ten hours a week for two months.
Good senior engineers and product leaders are usually employed and not browsing job boards. Cold InMails get ignored, and a job post brings in everyone except them.
At 8.33% of CTC, one ₹40 lakh hire costs more than ₹3.3 lakh. For a seed or Series A company, that is a month of runway for a single role.
Hire someone who leaves in the first quarter, or never joins after accepting, and you lose the time spent and the roadmap that depended on them.
Hire22 is run by SARA, an AI recruiter whose agents handle sourcing (Hunter AI), outreach (CoNCT AI) and ranking (JoinX Score). See how agentic AI recruiting works.
Write the JobCoNCT: must-have skills, experience, CTC band and the notice period you can wait for. Be specific; the ranking uses all of it.
Our AI recruiter sources matching candidates, including people who aren’t job hunting, and asks each one whether they’re open to your role.
Within about 22 hours you get candidates who said yes, ranked by JoinX Score: skills fit plus how likely they are to accept and join.
Unlock the profiles you want to meet and talk to them directly. Selling the vision and closing the offer stays with you.
Worked example for a lead engineer on a ₹40 lakh annual CTC.
| Recruitment consultant | Hire22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee basis | 8.33% of annual CTC per hire | Fixed package price |
| Cost for one ₹40 lakh hire | ₹3,33,200 | ₹2,999 + GST (Trial, 3 job postings) |
| Second and third hire | Another fee each time | Covered within the same Trial |
| Who finds candidates | Consultant’s network and database | AI sourcing, including passive candidates |
| Who does the first screen | Consultant, by phone | AI outreach plus JoinX ranking |
Consultant fee shown at a commonly quoted 8.33%; many charge more for senior roles. The Trial Package (list price ₹9,999) is a one-time offer for first-time employers.
For a co-founder, a first CXO or a confidential leadership replacement where a trusted search partner's judgment matters more than reach, a retained search can be worth the fee. For senior engineers, product managers and functional leads, you are mostly paying for sourcing and phone screens, and that is the part Hire22 automates.
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Check eligibilityPost it as a JobCoNCT today and read the ranked shortlist tomorrow. The Trial Package is ₹2,999 + GST for first-time employers: 3 job postings, 3 months.