Autonomous Hiring Infrastructure

Your panel should only see the top 5.

NH runs the entire early hiring funnel: resume matching, autonomous multi-round assessment (R1, R2, and beyond), and a ranked shortlist with evidence behind every score. Your panel shows up once, for the decision that actually needs them.

THE REAL COST OF HIRING

70% of recruiter time goes to candidates who never pass R1.

Your best TA people are burning out because the process is broken.

200–300 resumes per role, reviewed manually

Recruiters screen every applicant before a single interview happens

20 interviews to find 3 good candidates

Your tech leads spend full afternoons on people who never progress

Same candidate, different outcomes

Inconsistent scoring across interviewers — geography and mood affect hiring

4–6 weeks to close a single mid-senior role

Vacancy cost accumulates. The best candidates accept other offers first.

What this costs a 500-hire-per-year organization

Panel hours per year (traditional)

15,000 hrs

Blended senior interviewer cost

₹1,300/hr

Panel time cost alone, annually

~₹1.95 Cr

Time-to-hire per role

4–6 weeks

Modelled on 500 hires per year at roughly 30 panel-hours per hire and a blended senior-engineer hourly cost of ₹1,300. Assumptions available on request.

What is Needles & Haystacks

Autonomous hiring infrastructure for enterprises that need decisions, not process.

From role configuration to ranked shortlist, NH runs the entire early hiring funnel without a human bottleneck. Built for GCCs, deep-engineering enterprises, and large-scale hiring operations recruiting 50 or more people a year.

See how NH works. 2 minutes.

Before and after

What your hiring process looks like today — and what it looks like with NH.

Without NH — today

250 resumes received

Recruiter manually screens all 250. No structure, no consistency.

30 candidates shortlisted

Panel interviews all 30 across R1 and R2. 4–6 hours per week, per interviewer.

5 candidates advanced

Only now does your senior panel add real value, after the wasted hours.

1–2 hires made

After 4–6 weeks. Full panel time spent. Best candidates often gone already.

4–6 wks

Time to hire per role

With NH — your new reality

NH runs Round 1

25 candidates · 30-min autonomous elimination · zero recruiter time

NH runs Round 2

8 candidates · 45-min adaptive evaluation · domain-specific rubrics

NH delivers top 5

Ranked shortlist · DeepLens report per candidate · full evidence trail

Your panel decides

5 people · full context · zero wasted time

48–72 hr

From first applicant to shortlist

Reduction in panel interview load

0 %+

From first applicant to ranked shortlist

0 hr

Of candidates assessed on the same rubric, every time

0 %

Human interventions during assessment

A different category

Not a faster ATS. Not a video interview tool. Something new.

Most hiring tools help humans do the work. NH does the work: it runs the early funnel end to end, consistently and at scale, without adding headcount and without replacing your existing ATS. We have not found another platform that combines autonomous assessment, domain-calibrated evaluation, and decision-ready reporting in a single workflow.

Capability	ATS	Panels	Video tools	NH
Fully autonomous end-to-end	✗	✗	Partial	✓
Domain-specific evaluation	✗	Varies	✗	✓
Built-in integrity layer	✗	✗	Basic	✓
Decision-ready report	Partial	✗	Partial	✓
Scales without headcount	✗	✗	Partial	✓
Resume matching bundled	Partial	✗	✗	✓

The DeepLens Report

Every shortlisted candidate arrives with a 70+ page, evidence-backed report, ready for your panel.

The DeepLens Report

Your panel walks in prepared.

Every shortlisted candidate comes with a scored breakdown of 18+ domain skills, workstyle and behavioral fit, strengths, gaps, and a clear hiring recommendation.

What's inside

Evidence, not impressions.

Every score has a reason. Every recommendation has evidence. Your panel sees what the candidate demonstrated, not what they claimed on a résumé.

Consistency

Same rubric. Every candidate.

Geography, interviewer mood, and Friday afternoon fatigue don’t affect the outcome. You hire to a standard, not a feeling.

Your panel walks in knowing exactly what to ask.

Zero cold starts

Who it's built for

Built for organizations where hiring at scale is a competitive problem.

Enterprise & GCC Hiring Teams

Standardize evaluation across regions, roles, and hiring managers. NH brings consistency to complex, multi-geography hiring where panel quality varies and inconsistency is a governance risk.

50+ hires/year · Multi-geography

Deep-Engineering Enterprises

Semiconductor, embedded, and hard-tech roles where qualified interviewers are your scarcest resource. NH evaluates to domain depth so your senior engineers only meet candidates worth their time.

Specialist domains · Scarce panels

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies

Prequalify candidates faster and present clients with structured, evidence-backed shortlists. Win mandates by demonstrating hiring rigour, not just speed.

High volume · Client-facing output

High-Volume Hiring Operations

Run outreach, screening, and adaptive assessment autonomously across hundreds of applicants, without recruiter bandwidth becoming the bottleneck.

Campus & lateral · 100s of applicants

Start with one role

See what NH finds that your panel would have missed.

Pick any open role. NH runs autonomously. You have a ranked shortlist in 48–72 hours from first applicant.

Your panel should only see the top 5.

70% of recruiter time goes to candidates who never pass R1.

200–300 resumes per role, reviewed manually

20 interviews to find 3 good candidates

Same candidate, different outcomes

4–6 weeks to close a single mid-senior role

What this costs a 500-hire-per-year organization

15,000 hrs

₹1,300/hr

~₹1.95 Cr

4–6 weeks

Autonomous hiring infrastructure for enterprises that need decisions, not process.

See how NH works. 2 minutes.

What your hiring process looks like today — and what it looks like with NH.

Without NH — today

250 resumes received

30 candidates shortlisted

5 candidates advanced

1–2 hires made

4–6 wks

Time to hire per role

With NH — your new reality

NH runs Round 1

NH runs Round 2

NH delivers top 5

Your panel decides

48–72 hr

From first applicant to shortlist

Not a faster ATS. Not a video interview tool. Something new.

Every shortlisted candidate arrives with a 70+ page, evidence-backed report, ready for your panel.

Your panel walks in prepared.

Evidence, not impressions.

Same rubric. Every candidate.

Your panel walks in knowing exactly what to ask.

Built for organizations where hiring at scale is a competitive problem.

Enterprise & GCC Hiring Teams

Deep-Engineering Enterprises

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies

High-Volume Hiring Operations

See what NH finds that your panel would have missed.

Pick one live role

NH runs the campaign

Your panel decides