Aditya RajgarhiaFounder and CEO of Instahyre Published On: Friday, September 02, 2016 Views 4193

Instahyre is a platform where the top 2% of talent and companies meet each other. We make recruitment faster and better. Traditional platforms like Naukri and LinkedIn have too much noise. As a result, a job-seeker is inundated with thousands of irrelevant job postings or spammed by recruitment agencies, while companies are unable to hone in on the right candidate despite spending a lot of time and effort. At Instahyre we’ve built a matching engine using machine learning algorithms that provides companies with candidates who are the right fit and are actively interested in new opportunities. We also focus on premium talent, and have the largest pool of active job-seekers from colleges like the IITs. Instahyre is already used by 400+ tech companies in India including the likes of Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Uber, etc. We have helped hundreds of people find their perfect jobs at top companies.

Job search and hiring has always been very inefficient. Companies are constantly complaining about the lack of relevant talent, while on the other hand even qualified job-seekers are unable to find their perfect jobs.

Existing recruitment products basically just throw a large number of unqualified candidates at the company. So at Instahyre we’ve built technology that matches only the right candidates to each job, ensuring that companies are able to hire with ease and job-seekers discover great companies.

There is no substitute for hard work if you want to create an impact; be it via your business or personally.

For me personally the most challenging part was to adapt to the work culture in India, having spent many years in the US previously. In the US, people are used to responsibilities from a young age, while in India that’s not the case so a different approach is needed when working with people, be it customers or employees.

Olympian Jesse Owens once said, “Muscles are just pieces of rubber, mind is everything”. Moving from the US to India, understanding the local market and creating a product that companies find value in was a challenging task. I believe that taking small steps and constantly improving the product for the customer is key.

We are funded but have not disclosed the amount. Our focus is less on funding and more on providing value to paying customers.

Integrity, Perseverance and Focus.

We have found great value in tools like Google Apps, AWS and Heap Analytics.

Organization. Always writing down ideas and pending work, and using the right tools for team collaboration.

I’m a bit impatient sometimes.

One tip to success:

Work hard and don’t give up easily.

One mistake you believe every individual must avoid:

Don’t lie to others, and to yourself.

One most important lesson that you have learnt till now:

Never take any decision to compromise the business.

Our plan is to launch Instahyre in other countries while continuing to increase our presence in the Indian market.

Nothing in particular, as I usually don’t take hasty decisions.

Yet to decide!

“Move fast and break things” – Mark Zuckerberg