HOW COREBENCH WORKS
A hiring process built for engineering teams, not HR departments.
Most hiring processes are built around the recruiter's workflow. Ours is built around yours. Here is exactly what happens from the moment you reach out.
You reach out — call, brief, or message.
There is no long form to fill. Send us an email, book a discovery call, or message us on LinkedIn. Tell us what you are building, what role you need, and when you need someone to start. A 15-minute call works. A written paragraph works. We adapt to how you work, not the other way around.
Typical brief includes: stack, seniority level, timezone overlap needed, and start date. That is genuinely all we need to start matching.
We match. We do not search.
The moment we have your brief, we go to the bench. We do not post a job. We do not wait for applications. We look at engineers who are already vetted, already available, and already working on synchronous Western-timezone schedules. The matching is done by an engineer — our founder — not by a software tool or a keyword filter.
Our bench is reviewed quarterly. Engineers who are placed are marked unavailable. Engineers who move timezone are removed. What you see is always current.
Here is what our vetting actually covers.
Every engineer on the bench has been through the same four-stage review:
Portfolio and code review
We look at real projects — GitHub, production deployments, or code samples from past roles. We read the code. We check architecture decisions, not just whether it runs.
Live technical problem
A real-world engineering problem relevant to their stack. Not a whiteboard question. Not LeetCode. A problem similar to what they would face in your team.
Synchronous work test
We verify they have worked in real-time with Western teams before — not just claimed it. We look at work history, ask specific questions, and in some cases run a short synchronous session.
Communication and independence assessment
Can they work without being managed line by line? Can they write a clear Slack message? Can they flag a blocker before it becomes a problem? These are the things that determine whether a remote engineer actually works.
You get 2 to 3 profiles. No more, no less.
We do not send you a list of 20 people and ask you to screen them. We send you 2 or 3 engineers who specifically match your brief. Each profile includes: their real work history, a code sample from a relevant project, and a short async video where they introduce themselves and describe a system they have built. You pick one. Or you give us feedback and we adjust.
Most clients make a decision within 24 hours of receiving profiles. The async video introduction alone tends to make the choice obvious.
Your developer joins your team. You pay nothing yet.
Once you have chosen a developer, we handle the introduction and onboarding coordination. They join your Slack, your standups, your sprint — whatever your workflow looks like. Our placement fee — 10% of agreed salary — is charged only after they complete their first 30 days. If the match is not right within those 30 days, we find you a replacement at no additional cost.
COREBENCH VS THE ALTERNATIVES
How we compare.
This is not marketing. These are the real differences.