Hire your first10 engineerswithout a recruiter.
AI sources candidates, screens resumes, and conducts first-round interviews. You review a shortlist of five and make the call. No agency fees. No TA overhead.
"Hired our first 6 engineers in 3 weeks without a recruiter. Reviewed 5 profiles, met 3, made 2 offers. JIA did everything before that conversation."
— Karan Mehta, Co-founder and CTO, early-stage fintech
10 days
job post to shortlist
$0
agency or recruiter fees
30 hrs
back every week
Source: JIA internal platform data, 5,000+ candidates.
Hiring is taking 30% of your week. That's 30% less time building.
Your first 10 hires are too important to outsource to an agency you can't afford and too time-consuming to do yourself without tools built for it.
30%
of founder time lost to hiring tasks
$8k+
avg agency fee per engineering hire
5,000+
candidates assessed on JIA already
Source: JIA internal data and industry hiring benchmarks.
What your first hire looks like with JIA.
From first job post to shortlist in 8 days. Your total time investment: under 3 hours.
Posts your JD to 40+ job boards. Candidates start applying immediately.
You write the JD once. JIA handles everything from here.
Screens and ranks every application against your JD. 300 resumes in 4 minutes.
Each candidate gets a fit score, skills breakdown, and experience summary.
Conducts first-round on-camera AI interviews with every shortlisted candidate, 24/7.
Transcripts, scores, and reasoning quality reports are ready when you wake up.
Review a shortlist of 5. Each one has cleared screening, interview, and assessment.
30 minutes to read profiles and pick who to meet.
Final conversations with the people who made it through. You make the call.
You already know who they are. The conversation is about culture and fit.
10 days
job post to shortlist
3 hrs
your total involvement
300+
applicants reviewed by AI
$0
agency or recruiter fees
I hired our first six engineers in three weeks without a single recruiter. The AI interviewed 200 candidates while I was building the product. I only showed up for the final five conversations.
Karan Mehta, Co-founder and CTO at Fintech Startup
10 days
from job post to shortlist
3 hrs
total founder involvement
$0
spent on recruiters or agencies
Hiring without a recruiter, answered.
Can a startup founder hire engineers without a recruiter using JustInterview.ai?
Yes. JustInterview.ai is designed for founders who need to hire without a dedicated recruiter. The platform posts the job to 40-plus job boards, screens incoming resumes with AI, and conducts first-round on-camera interviews automatically. A founder's total involvement is roughly 3 hours from posting the role to reviewing a ranked shortlist of five candidates — all other steps run without human input.
How long does it take to hire an engineer using JustInterview.ai?
The typical timeline from job post to shortlist is 10 days. Day one covers posting to 40-plus job boards. Days two and three involve AI screening of all applications. Days four through seven include automated first-round AI interviews. By day eight a founder reviews the final shortlist, with offer conversations on days nine and ten. This timeline assumes a standard engineering role with moderate applicant volume.
How much does JustInterview.ai cost for a founder?
JustInterview.ai starts at a one-time $2.99 trial that includes 10 AI interviews, 5 AI assessments, 500 resume screens, and full platform access. After the trial, the Solo plan is $9.99 per month and supports one active job, one recruiter account, 20 AI interviews, and 10 AI assessments per billing cycle. There are no agency fees and no per-hire charges.
What does a founder actually do in the JIA hiring process?
A founder writes the job description and posts the role — about 30 minutes of work. After that, JIA handles sourcing, screening, and first-round interviews automatically. When the shortlist is ready, the founder reviews AI-generated evaluation reports and selects candidates for a final conversation. Total founder involvement is typically under 3 hours for the first 10 engineering hires, with no agency fees or recruiter overhead.
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Your next engineer is already in the applicant pool. Let AI find them.
Start a $2.99 trial and post your first role. JIA handles sourcing, screening, and first-round interviews while you focus on building.
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