Experienced practitioner
You've done the work for a decade. You don't want to re-prove fundamentals. Our simulation skips gotchas and gives you an actual problem your future team is wrestling with.
Discovery-led hiring. Free for candidates.
You know the work
you're made for.
We find the team that needs it.
Before we reach out to any candidate, we spend weeks with the company understanding the role, the team, and what the work actually looks like. By the time you hear from us, we already believe there is a real match.
"I haven't felt like this was a job search. I felt more that this was a job matchmaking."Jelena M., Operations Manager at BabyEm. Placed October 2025.
You know what you're capable of.
You've known for a while. But somewhere between the last role that looked perfect on paper and the one before that, something stopped lining up. The title was right. The salary was right. And still, by month three, you were doing work that didn't feel like yours. You adjusted. You stayed. You told yourself the next one would be different.
Then you looked again. You updated the resume. You applied to things that seemed close enough. You sat through interviews where nobody asked what actually mattered to you. You waited for callbacks that didn't come. You got the rejection dressed up as a compliment: "We were really impressed, but we've decided to go in a different direction." And the recruiter who said she'd follow up disappeared.
The worst part is not the rejection. The worst part is that nobody in the process ever tried to understand whether you'd actually thrive in the role. They screened for credentials. They interviewed for charisma. They never measured fit.
How we match
We measure what actually predicts
whether someone thrives in a role.
We analyze what you need from work across seven layers before anyone meets. Not just skills and salary. The pace you thrive at, the kind of manager you need, the problems that keep you thinking, and whether the rest of your life can coexist with the work. There is no perfect match. There are always trade-offs. The question is whether you know them before you sign or discover them after.
32 Work Drivers across 7 layers.
Work Drivers are the specific things that determine whether a role actually fits you. We measure 32 of them before anyone meets.
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Functional drivers
The practical shape of the role: how much it pays, how fast it moves, where you work, whether the scope is clear, and how much job security you have.
A staff engineer who needs predictable hours doesn't thrive at a Series A with a crunch culture, even if the work is interesting.
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Emotional drivers
What makes the work feel worth doing on a Tuesday afternoon. Whether you need a sense of purpose, room to get better at your craft, freedom to decide how things get done, or problems that keep you thinking.
A product manager who needs creative expression withers maintaining a legacy system, no matter the title.
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Life-fit
Everything outside of work that affects whether the role is sustainable: your health, your family, where you live, and what season of life you are in.
We don't ask about kids. We do ask what you need from work to have a life. Same answer, better question.
Plus four more layers we measure:
Your version of this
Same process. Shaped to the work you do.
Specialist
Your craft is narrow and deep. Most recruiters can't evaluate it. Ours are briefed by the hiring manager on the exact edge cases that matter.
Executive
Your last two moves took nine months each. Ours takes four to six weeks with full transparency on comp, board dynamics, runway, and why the seat is open.
Career Changer
Your resume doesn't read your direction. The Work Drivers Assessment does. We match you to the work you want next, not the work your title predicts.
Ready to see where you fit?
Take the assessment →The process
When a role maps to your Work Drivers,
three things happen.
You are paid for evaluation work. You are told the hard parts before you interview. You get honest feedback whether or not you get the job. About three hours of your time, spread across a few weeks.
We meet.
A 45-minute discovery call with Josh or a recruiting partner. You tell us what almost worked last time and what you don't want to compromise on. We listen. The tone is coach, not interrogator.
Your time: 45 minutes. Cost: $0.
You do the work.
A paid Work Simulation designed from scratch for this specific role. Real client data. Real problems this team is actually wrestling with. $50 to $250 depending on role, paid on completion whether or not you advance. You keep the work.
Your time: about two hours. You are paid.
We debrief.
Within five business days of the client's decision, a 20-minute call. Whether or not you're placed. We tell you what we heard. We ask permission to keep you in mind for the next one.
Your time: 20 minutes. Feedback: real.
Read the full nine-phase protocol
- Outreach. A specific message referencing a specific role. If it wastes your time, delete it.
- Work Drivers Assessment. A 32-item exercise mapping what matters most to you in a role. 20 minutes.
- Async verification. A transparent email naming the gaps we see. You self-select in or out.
- Discovery call. 45 minutes. Counselor tone. You leave with language, not a sales pitch.
- Work Simulation. Async exercise plus a 20-to-30-minute live session. Paid. Real client data.
- Candidate Package and Job Deck. Everything the hiring team is thinking, on paper.
- Client interview. You arrive knowing the terrain. The interview is about fit, not vetting.
- Offer and start. Direct conversations about compensation. No theater.
- Post-hire check-ins. 30, 60, 90, 120 days. We check whether you're still in the right place.
From people who've been through this
Not everyone gets placed. Everyone gets heard.
"In ten past interviews or more, you are the first one to schedule time for feedback." That was Alexsandro, an engineer who went through our full process and was not placed. We asked these four people what the experience was like anyway.
"I was kind of afraid of falling into a scam. You make me feel safe."
Paulo F., Product Not placed
"You're making people feel like human beings. Everything is so AI, everything is so corporational. It's really refreshing to see a different approach."
Jovana, Operations Not placed
"In a pool of sameness, you were unique. Even though it didn't work out, that's what it showed me. I have to continue looking for that company. If BabyEm exists, another one can, too."
Sara D., Operations Not placed
"The communication was really good, and the transparency, which is missing in this interview world. I definitely recommend, because you guys are fast, and the transparency is really a super thing."
Alexsandro S., Engineering Not placed
Josh Hill, Founder and Discovery Lead The honesty
Not every role is the right match.
"We turn down searches when we don't believe we can find the right person. We tell candidates when a role isn't what they need. The hardest part of this work is not filling seats. It's knowing when not to. A wrong match costs everyone more than an empty one."
Josh Hill, Founder and Discovery Lead
On the day you meet, you will already know the team, the challenges, and the trade-offs. They will already know how you think.
The interview is not an audition. It is a conversation between people who chose each other.
That is what three hours builds.
"I'm waking up and there is no tense feeling in my stomach when I think about working. This is my 20th year of career, and after 20 years, you learn that that's the only indicator that you need to have."Jelena M., after placement
If this is how you want to find your next role, we're ready.
No assessment required. No commitment. We reach out when a role maps to what you need.
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Questions
What you're probably thinking.
No. SuperHired is free for candidates. Always. When you complete a Work Simulation, we pay you $50 to $250 depending on the role. Your time has value. We act like it.
Most recruiters send the same message to 200 people. We spend weeks learning the team, the role, and the hard parts before we reach out to anyone. When you hear from us, it's because we've mapped what you need from work and believe this specific role fits.
A paid exercise using real data from the actual role. Not a whiteboard puzzle. Not a trick question. You work on the kind of problem this team is actually wrestling with. It takes a few hours, you're paid for it, and you keep the work regardless of outcome.
We match your Work Drivers against open roles. When there's a fit, we reach out with a Job Deck. If there isn't one right now, you stay in the network. We reach out only when something maps. No spam.
Our Job Deck is 29 pages. It covers the team, the challenges, day-to-day work, compensation, growth path, and the parts that are genuinely hard. We don't edit the hard parts out.
Yes. Always. Within five business days. If you completed a Work Simulation, you get specific feedback on your work. You deserve to know where you stand, and we don't ghost people.
Yes. Once you're in the network, we match you against any role where there's real alignment. We won't force a fit, but if we see one, you'll hear from us.
That's fine. Join the network and we reach out when something matches. No pressure, no spam, no monthly digest. You hear from us when it matters.