25,000+ applicants reviewed. 1,000 accepted.
Every engineer on OctogleHire passes a rigorous five-stage vetting gauntlet. No shortcuts, no self-reported skills — just verified, exceptional talent you can ship with on day one.
From 25,000 down to 1,000
Each stage removes everyone who can't clear the bar. Only the top 4% reach your shortlist.
Five stages. Zero shortcuts.
Application & resume screening
25,000 → 9,000Background, work history, and code samples are screened against role requirements. Self-reported skills count for nothing until they're proven.
Technical assessment
9,000 → 3,500A timed, proctored assessment covering data structures, algorithms, and language-specific depth. Auto-graded, plagiarism-checked, no take-home loopholes.
Live coding & system design
3,500 → 1,800A senior engineer runs a 60-minute live session — real problems, real trade-offs. We watch how they reason, debug, and design under pressure.
AI-native playbook evaluation
1,800 → 1,300Hands-on evaluation of agentic workflows — Cursor, Claude Code, RAG, and prompt engineering. We verify they ship faster with AI, not slower.
Communication & culture
1,300 → 1,000A final interview on written and spoken English, async habits, and ownership. Great code isn't enough — they have to integrate with your team.
Verified, not claimed
Every skill on a profile was proven in our gauntlet — never self-reported.
94% still there at 6 months
Rigorous vetting up front means engagements that actually last.
14-day replacement
If a match isn't right, we swap them — no cost, no questions.
Hire from the top 4%
Tell us what you're building. Get a shortlist of pre-vetted engineers within 48 hours.