Proxify prides itself on helping companies hire top-level remote developers in as little as one week. They work with clients in 17 different countries, running 24/7 recruitment operations on a global scale. With the 3,000 applications they receive every month and the sky-high quality bar for the candidates, the team ran a risk of drowning in manual work. Here’s how they bulletproofed their remote hiring process using Toggl Hire.
When you receive 3,000 new applications every month, it’s difficult to delight great-fit candidates with a smooth hiring experience. For one, you’re not quite sure yet which candidates are A-players, and sifting through applications takes time.
On top of that, Proxify’s rapid international expansion in new geographies, such as Eastern and Southern Europe, Caucasus, Middle East and the Mediterranean, dramatically broadened the scope of candidates.
“These territories have a very diverse pool of Talent, which is difficult to navigate through, considering cultural differences. We saw that the hiring rate in Ukraine, for example, was 5-6%, while in some North African countries it hovered around 2-3%. We needed a more standardized way to assess all applicants and provide a levelled playing field for Talent across the board,” remembers Alexis Komarov, Head of Talent Acquisition at Proxify.
Initially, the Proxify team tackled the challenge using a traditional algorithm. The algorithm would screen the data submitted by the candidate, such as work experience, English language fluency and range of skills, and give a predictive confidence score for inviting the candidate to a pre-screen call with a recruiter. It was a solid approach that helped to pinpoint qualified candidates with a 60-70% accuracy.
But for a company that’s growing at a 2.5x rate per year and has plans to scale up exponentially, a good-enough process was not a viable option. Proxify needed a solution that would automate Talent Acquisition and Screening processes while achieving superior candidate experience. Enter Toggl Hire.
“We have decided internally to have a quick Tech Quiz for fast-tracking of relevant candidates. It was meant to early identify the 5-star candidates to give them a superior hiring process experience. And the case of Flatworld.co + Toggl Hire served as a model example,” remembers Alexis Komarov, Head of Talent Acquisition at Proxify.
After rolling out the technical quiz on their careers page, Proxify has been able to increase the predictive confidence for inviting candidates to a pre-screen call from 60-70% to 93%. In other words, 93% of candidates suggested by the algorithm for a pre-screen would have been suggested by human recruiters.
“When using a solution like Toggl Hire, it’s important to ensure a sufficiently high tech quiz participation rate while preserving the overall pipeline volume. Therefore, we made the tech quiz optional for high-quality candidates, while explaining its benefits for candidates’ fast-tracking,” explained Alexis. “Overall, Toggl Hire's quality exceeds the quality of other tools on the market at a very competitive and attractive price point. We highly recommend the solution to tech recruiters.”
The results speak for themselves: since rolling out the Tech Quiz, Proxify have been able to automate candidate screening at the first step and shorten their hiring timeline to just 12.5 days. That's 1.5x faster time-to-hire than average.
The granularity of ranking candidates on their score, a huge range of skills questions and time to complete the test were some of their favourite features.
