Our Services
One standard.
Zero guesswork.
Vetting gives you a principal-level assessment of your candidates. Performance Search builds the shortlist for you. Both use the same 60–90 minute live technical deep-dive, structured scorecard, and skills-first standard.
Vettara Vetting
Standalone technical deep-dives. Your candidates, our principal-level assessment.
Launch rate: USD 300 per candidate report
What You Get
- Know before you commit: Principal-level technical opinion before making a senior engineering hire
- Reclaim engineering time: Stop pulling Staff Engineers out of sprint work for screening
- Structured scorecard: Architecture thinking, code quality, system design, AI fluency, debugging, collaboration—not a recruiter’s gut feel
- Hire/no-hire recommendation with risk flags and growth areas
The Alternative
- DIY internal interviews: Inconsistent, creates fatigue, and pulls senior engineers out of delivery work
- HackerRank / Codility: Tests algorithmic puzzles, not real-world architecture. Senior candidates drop out
- Karat / Interviewing.io: Better than automated tests, but interviewers are contracted and not principal-level by default
SLA: Interview scheduled within 48 hours. Scorecard delivered within 24 hours.
Vettara Performance Search
Performance-based technical recruiting. Every shortlisted candidate is technically vetted before you see them.
20% of first-year base salary, billed after the candidate passes 3-month probation
What You Get
- Probation-aligned billing: We do not consider a placement successful until the candidate passes probation. We bill after 3 months, not on start date
- Zero risk: Candidate quality is validated before your hiring managers spend finalist time
- Pre-vetted shortlists: Every candidate has passed a 60–90 min technical deep-dive. Hiring managers interview finalists, not maybes
- Two decision-ready reports: Every finalist includes our technical vetting report plus a senior-hiring-manager style behavioral report
- ~90% offer acceptance: Motivation, culture fit, and compensation expectations are assessed before finalists reach your team
The Alternative
- Traditional "spray and pray" agencies: Non-technical recruiters flood your inbox with keyword-matched resumes, relying on you to do the actual technical filtering
- In-house recruiting: Requires internal recruiting capacity, tools, and deep calibration for specialized senior roles
- Contingency search: You are one of many clients. The model incentivizes speed over substance, while still billing on start date
- Talent marketplaces: You rent capacity through a platform markup. Vettara validates your own pipeline so you keep the hire, avoid lock-in, and build permanent capability
SLA: First shortlist of 3–5 vetted candidates in 14 business days. Average time-to-offer: 30 days.
Side-by-Side
How Vettara compares
Vettara is built around demonstrated performance, not resume potential or placement volume. You get live technical evidence, structured reporting, and a commercial model aligned to quality.
| Dimension | Recruiting Agencies | Talent Marketplaces | AI-Native Platforms | Automated Tools | Vettara |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Vetting | 30-min recruiter phone screen | Marketplace pre-screen before profile handoff | AI-scored assessments, pattern matching | Algorithmic puzzles, MCQs | 60–90 min principal-led deep-dive |
| Interviewer Level | Non-technical recruiter | Varies by marketplace | Algorithm (no human) | Automated / mid-level | Principal-level technologist |
| AI Fluency Assessment | Not assessed | Usually profile-based | Self-reported / badge-based | Not assessed | Live evaluation of AI tool usage in production context |
| Skills Intelligence | Keyword matching on resume | Profile, ratings, and marketplace matching | ML-inferred skills graph | Puzzle scores / percentiles | Structured scorecard, skills-first assessment |
| Billing Model | Fee due on start date | Monthly platform or contractor markup | Subscription or platform license | Tool license model | Vetting launch rate: USD 300/report; Performance Search: 20% of first-year base after probation |
| Client Satisfaction | ~80% | Varies by platform | Not published | ~70% | 95.7% CSAT |
| Deliverable | Resume + recruiter notes | Contractor profile / matched engineer | AI match score + profile | Score / percentile | Detailed scorecard + hire/no-hire + risk flags |
Benchmark context: CSAT ranges, recruiting cost benchmarks, and direct-hire fee ranges. Interview-service context references HireInSouth Karat pricing, G2 Karat alternatives, and InCruiter vs. Karat. Marketplace context references FutureProofing marketplace pricing research and Tecla’s Andela review.
Ready to stop guessing
and start knowing?
Whether you need one candidate vetted or a senior technical shortlist built, it starts with a 30-minute strategy call. No pitch deck. Just your hiring challenge, the role context, and the fastest path to stronger signal.