Efficient Hiring

Hiring quality and efficiency for small teams

Efficient hiring is not fewer interviews. It is fewer interviews that predict nothing. Ratio builds a structured interview kit from your job description in minutes, so your team spends its time interviewing, not writing questions.

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Start with what you have

A job description in, a complete interview kit out

Perfect documentation does not exist. Drop in the job description, the hiring manager's notes or a kickoff transcript, and Ratio drafts the skills, one question per skill, follow-ups, and a scoring rubric for each. You edit; it does not take a week.

  • Job descriptions, hiring-manager notes and transcripts all work as inputs
  • The most specific source wins when the inputs disagree
  • Everything is editable before the first interview
Interview kit ready for Senior Accountant, built in 2 min 40 s: job description imported, notes analyzed, skills extracted and weighted, questions and scoring rubrics written1Define the job2Review skills3Interview stages4QuestionsEMLet's define the jobTell us the basics, then add the job description.Job titleSenior AccountantLevelSeniorCompany URLnorthgatemfg.comLocationTulsa, OK (Hybrid)Job descriptionUpload a file or paste the details below.Upload a job descriptionDrag and drop a file here, or click to browse.PDF, DOCX, or TXT up to 10MBORPaste notes, a transcript, or describe the jobGenerate skills modelInterview kit ready for Senior AccountantBuilt in 2 min 40 s.Imported job descriptionAnalyzed your notesExtracted and weighted the skillsWrote the questions and scoring rubricsReview the skills
Fewer, better questions

Only the skills that are important for success, not 25 requirements

Ratio reads your inputs like an experienced hiring consultant and picks the skills that matter, tagged as must-have or preferred and ranked by priority. Interviews get shorter and sharper because every question is testing something the role needs.

  • Must-have skills weighted higher and able to cap a candidate's overall score
  • Proficiency calibrated to seniority, so junior roles get junior expectations
  • A screening round for recruiters and a deeper round for the hiring manager, from one skill model
The skills model: two must-have skills, then the preferred skills, each tagged with its type and proficiency levelDefine the job2Review skills3Interview stages4QuestionsEMReview the skillsDrag to prioritize skills, placing the most important at the top.Must-have skillsMonth-End CloseMust-haveDomain KnowledgeAdvancedEditRemoveInternal ControlsMust-haveDomain KnowledgeIntermediateEditRemovePreferred skillsCost AccountingPreferredDomain KnowledgeIntermediateEditRemoveMS Dynamics NAVPreferredHard SkillIntermediateEditRemoveMS ExcelPreferredHard SkillIntermediateEditRemoveProblem-SolvingPreferredCore CompetencyIntermediateEditRemoveCross-Functional AlignmentPreferredCore CompetencyIntermediateEditRemoveContinue to interview stagesAdd a skill
A faster decision

Compare finalists on the same criteria

When every interviewer scored the same questions against the same rubric, the debrief is short. Scores roll up by skill category, with the evidence behind them, so the team can make the call and explain it.

  • Overall and per-category scores across every round
  • Side-by-side comparison of every assessed skill
  • Read-only scorecards to share with whoever signs off
How a Senior Accountant search closed in two weeks
My Jobs: the Senior Accountant job open to its five candidates, each with an overall score, and two other jobs closedMy Jobs: ActiveSort by: Recent activityNMStaff AccountantNorthgate Manufacturing · Mid-level6 candidatesNMSenior AccountantNorthgate Manufacturing · Senior · Tulsa, OK (Hybrid)5 candidatesJZJulian ZimmermanScheduling: CompletedBased on 8 of 8 skills87%CMClaudia MitchellScheduling: CompletedBased on 8 of 8 skills75%PRPriya RamanScreening: CompletedBased on 3 of 8 skills68%MBMarcus BellScreening: CompletedBased on 2 of 8 skills61%HSHana SatoScreening: Not scheduledNot yet scoredNMPayroll SpecialistNorthgate Manufacturing · Mid-level4 candidates

What a small team gets back

Inrock needed a Senior Accountant with an immediate start. The search closed in two weeks with scored finalists.

  • No question writing

    The kit is drafted from the job description. Recruiters review instead of author.

  • Shorter interviews

    One question per skill that matters, calibrated to the level of the role.

  • Shorter debriefs

    Everyone scored the same answers the same way, so the discussion starts from evidence.

  • Same-day setup

    A recruiter sets up the role and invites the hiring manager without an implementation project.

Questions teams ask

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See how long it really takes

Bring one open role. We build the interview kit in front of you in a 30-minute working session, and you keep it.

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