Hired Assessments

Hired Assessments, operating under the domain getpy.com, offers a skills-based hiring platform designed to help companies evaluate technical talent. The company was founded in 2017 by Genevieve Ryan and Shubham Goel. Both founders brought relevant experience to the venture; Ryan had a background in law and worked at the U.S. Department of State, while Goel was a software engineer at Asana. Their paths crossed at Stanford, where Ryan was pursuing a JD/MBA and Goel was completing his master's in computer science, leading to the inception of the company.

The platform targets the technology sector, enabling businesses to move beyond traditional resume screening and instead focus on a candidate's practical abilities. It provides a library of real-world assessments that simulate tasks an engineer would encounter on the job, covering areas like front-end and back-end development, data science, and mobile development. Companies can use these pre-built assessments or create their own customized challenges to evaluate candidates for specific roles. This approach aims to reduce bias in the hiring process and identify qualified individuals who might be overlooked by conventional methods.

Hired Assessments operates on a business-to-business (B2B) model, generating revenue by selling subscriptions to its assessment platform. Clients, which have included companies like Opendoor, LiveRamp, and Niantic, pay for the ability to administer these technical evaluations to their job applicants. The service integrates with existing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), aiming to streamline the hiring workflow for recruiting teams and hiring managers. A key selling point is the platform's focus on job-relevant tasks over abstract brain teasers or algorithm challenges, which they argue provides a more accurate prediction of a candidate's on-the-job performance.

The company is a graduate of the Y Combinator accelerator program, which provided early-stage funding and mentorship. In 2021, the company, then known as Py, was acquired by the veteran-founded talent platform Hired. Following the acquisition, the product was rebranded as Hired Assessments and integrated into Hired's broader suite of talent acquisition tools, which includes a marketplace for sourcing and engaging with tech candidates. This integration allows Hired's clients to both find and vet technical professionals within a single ecosystem.

Keywords: skills-based hiring, technical assessment, recruitment software, talent evaluation, Y Combinator, developer screening, HR technology, pre-employment testing, engineering recruitment, candidate evaluation