Hire for the level.
Not the interview.
LevelHire evaluates candidates through real-world challenges — capturing behavioral signals, not interview performance. Built for Seed to Series B startups that can't afford a bad hire.
Traditional hiring is broken.
The current process optimizes for candidates who interview well — not candidates who perform well. For a startup at Seed to Series B, that's not just inefficient. It's existential.
Interview theater
Candidates memorize answers. Interviewers get impressed by confidence, not competence. You hire the best performer, not the best engineer.
Weeks wasted per role
Phone screens, technical rounds, culture fits, references — 4–6 weeks per hire, then a 90-day ramp where you discover the truth.
Gut-feel decisions
At Seed to Series B, you have no HR team, no structured process, and your intuition is the only signal. That's expensive when you're wrong.
A bad early hire doesn't just cost salary. It costs direction, morale, and months of runway.
The reality every early-stage founder learns the hard way.
Evaluate ability.
Not interview skill.
LevelHire replaces the interview loop with a structured, AI-powered evaluation that measures what actually predicts on-the-job success.
Set the context
Tell LevelHire about the role: your tech stack, the problems you need solved, the team this person joins. The AI builds a challenge around your actual reality — not a generic LeetCode problem.
Candidates perform
Every candidate goes through Warmup, Core, and Stretch — calibrated to the seniority you're hiring for. Pro, Founding Partner, and Enterprise plans unlock two additional layers: Curveball (ambiguity and edge cases) and Handoff (documentation, reviews, real-world transition). More layers, sharper signal.
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You get the signal
Get a structured report with scores, behavioral profile, verdict (Strong Hire / Hire / No Hire), and a predicted onboarding timeline. Compare candidates side-by-side. Make the call with data.
Every role your startup needs.
Not just engineers. LevelHire evaluates every function you need to build a complete startup team — from your first hire to your hundredth.
Engineering
Context-driven code challenges calibrated to your actual stack — not generic LeetCode.
“Build a rate limiting system for our API handling 50K req/min using Redis.”
The evaluation platform
built for founders.
Every feature is designed around one question: what signal actually predicts if this candidate will perform in this role at this stage?
Context-driven challenges
Every evaluation is generated from your company context: tech stack, problems, team. No templates. No copy-paste LeetCode. Real challenges your new hire will actually face.
Behavioral signal capture
The platform silently captures keystroke patterns, pause analysis, and revision behavior — revealing how a candidate actually thinks, not just their final answer.
Adaptive multi-layer evaluation
Warmup → Core → Stretch. The challenge adapts to seniority level. Junior candidates get calibrated differently from Staff or Principal engineers. Pro plans unlock a 5-layer depth for even more precise signal.
Onboarding prediction
After each evaluation, the AI generates a predicted ramp-up timeline, identifies strengths and gaps, and outputs a day-by-day onboarding plan for that specific hire.
Team benchmark
Compare new candidates against your existing team performance. Know if a candidate is above or below your current engineering bar before you make an offer.
CTO / Admin dashboard
Four views: overview metrics, candidate management, side-by-side comparison, challenge history. Built for founders and engineering leads — not HR software.
Cora — Voice Screening Interviewer
Cora conducts AI-powered voice screening calls with every applicant before they reach the challenge. She asks role-specific questions, listens to responses, and decides who moves forward — so your team only reviews candidates who already cleared the first bar. Included in Enterprise — available as a $99/mo add-on for Starter and Pro.
ATS Integrations
Connect Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, or BambooHR and sync your pipeline in one click. Import candidates directly from your ATS into any open position and send challenge invites in bulk — no copy-paste, no manual data entry. Available as a Pro add-on. Included in Enterprise.
Simple, transparent pricing.
Start free for 60 days. No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
For founders making their first hires.
- AI-generated challenges
- Behavioral signal capture
- Candidate reports & verdicts
- CTO dashboard
- 3-layer AI evaluation
- Team benchmark
- Onboarding prediction plan
- Cora voice screening (+$99/mo)
- ATS integration (Greenhouse, Lever…)
Pro features at half the price — locked in forever for early adopters.
- Everything in Starter
- 5-layer AI evaluation
- Team benchmark
- Onboarding prediction plan
- Side-by-side comparison
- 60-day free trial
- Founding Partner badge
- Cora voice screening (+$99/mo)
- ATS integration (+add-on)
For startups in active growth mode.
- Everything in Starter
- 5-layer AI evaluation
- Team benchmark
- Onboarding prediction plan
- Side-by-side comparison
- Priority support
- Cora voice screening (+$99/mo)
- ATS integration (+add-on)
For Series B+ startups with a dedicated hiring manager.
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited positions & evals
- Cora voice screening
- API access
- SSO / SAML
- Custom challenge templates
- Dedicated success manager
- ATS integration (Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, BambooHR)
- Custom contract & billing
All plans include a 60-day free trial. No credit card required. Questions? Talk to us.
Join the founding
partner program.
We're opening LevelHire to a limited group of early-stage startups who want to build a better hiring process from day one. In exchange for your feedback, you get Pro features at half the price — forever.
60 days free
Full Pro access, no credit card needed. Evaluate up to 60 candidates.
50% off — locked in
After your trial, pay $174.50/mo instead of $349. This rate stays with you.
Founding Partner badge
Recognized as an early adopter. Shape the product roadmap with direct input.
First to everything
New features, departments, and integrations hit Founding Partners first.