Hiring Based on Proof, Not Hope
Qualifyr turns short, job specific challenges into hiring signals. Candidates earn rewards and build portfolios, and hiring teams get smaller, stronger shortlists
"I've applied to hundreds of jobs and never know if anyone even sees my resume. The idea of proving my skills upfront and getting paid for it? I've been waiting for something like this."
"We spend thousands on job posts and get flooded with unqualified applicants. A platform that filters by actual skill before we review? That's the fix we've been asking for."
"Resumes don't show what I can actually do. The chance to prove myself through real challenges—and build a portfolio from it—finally makes the job search feel fair."
Job Seekers: Get Paid to Prove Your Skills
Join 500+ founding members getting early access to paid challenges. Founding members earn 2x payouts on their first challenge.
✓ First access to beta challenges
✓ Boosted Payouts
✓ Launch date: Q1 2026
Show Your Skills
Turn every completed challenge into a scorecard + portfolio item. Show real work samples, not just list them on your resume.
Complete Challenges, Earn Rewards
Top submissions earn a share of an employer funded reward pool. It’s pay-for-proof, not unpaid work.
Advanced Career Matching
Your challenge results power matching, so recommended roles reflect your skills and not keywords on a resume
Who We Are Building With
"After a decade in recruiting, I've watched talented people throw resumes into black holes filtered out by keywords before anyone saw what they could actually do. That's why we built Qualifyr. Prove your skills through real challenges. Build a portfolio that speaks for itself. And if you're a top performer, get paid for it."
-Chris Cox, Founder
Candidate FAQs
Challenges mirror the daily tasks for the role and are intentionally small (typically 30–90 minutes). They’re used for evaluation only (not to produce company deliverables). After you submit, you’ll get a scorecard you can choose to share on your profile to showcase your skills.
Some challenges are sponsored with a cash rewards pool. After the hiring team reviews, submissions are ranked and the best ones receive cash rewards. It’s pay-for-proof, not pay-to-apply. We recommend employers budget roughly 50% of the role’s hourly rate × the estimated task time, but exact payouts vary by role and company.
Yes. Your challenge scorecards power matching, so recruiters can verify skills with work samples, not just keywords. That means more targeted outreach where your strengths fit and a higher chance of moving straight to interviews. You control visibility and which scorecards you share.
Yes. It is free to join, browse roles, submit challenges, and build your portfolio.
Hiring Teams: See Skills, Not Just Resumes
Join 50+ founding companies getting early access. Early employers get 50% off their first 3 hires and priority access to sourcing tools.
✓ 50% discount on first 3 hires
✓ Beta access to skills-based hiring platform (Q1 2026)
✓ Free implementation & ATS integration support
Hire With Proof, Not Paper
Candidates complete a small, role-realistic task (under 90 minutes). We score each submission and deliver a smaller, stronger shortlist, so your team spends time interviewing, not reviewing hundreds of resumes.
Objective Data
Compare candidates with structured scorecards: clear scores, notes, and AI summaries, side-by-side with their resumes.
Discover Proven Potential
Surface overlooked talent that keyword filters miss by evaluating real work samples so you’re not guessing who can do the job, you have the proof.
Clear Talent Insights, Not Just Resumes.
After challenges and applications are complete hiring teams get a clear snapshot so they can prioritize the best candidates. A few examples are below
Sarah Jenkins
Full Stack Developer
Top 5% score. Excellent work. Clear, RESTful, and well documented endpoints. Handled all edge cases perfectly. Code was clean and scalable.
5 years at high growth startups. Led a team of 3. Resume aligns perfectly with challenge performance. Clear hire.
Proven top-tier skills in Node.js & API design, backed by relevant leadership experience.
Alex Torres
Data Scientist
Excellent model selection and rigorous validation strategy. Code was clean, and all assumptions were clearly documented. Top 3% score.
3 years experience in e-commerce data science. Master's in CS. Strong relevant background.
Exceptional technical ability in machine learning and data science. Proven capacity to deliver production ready code.
"After a decade leading recruiting teams, I've seen companies pour money into job boards and get hundreds of unqualified applicants in return. That's why we built Qualifyr. Stop paying for clicks from people who can't do the job. See proof of skills before the interview and spend your time on candidates who are actually worth it."
-Chris Cox, Founder
Hiring Manager FAQs
Candidates complete a small, role realistic task (usually under 90 minutes). Your team reviews scored outputs against a rubric, so you see proven skill not just a resume. We’ll have a bank of customizable challenge templates at launch.
Instead of paying for impressions or clicks, you fund a reward pool that rewards the strongest submissions. You set the budget, we provide preliminary grading, handle payouts to candidates, and surface a smaller, more qualified shortlist so you hire faster with more confidence. Use the same budget, better results.
Yes! Seamless workflows are a day one priority. We connect to popular ATSs and support API/webhooks so challenges, scores, and notes flow into your process with minimal setup.
We combine randomized inputs, and similarity/AI-assist detection with audit trails while scoring results. Reviewers get a scorecard with flagged items and suggested follow-ups to confirm genuine ability.
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