Process Work at Round 1

How exactly does the process work at Round One?

Anyone can buy a guaranteed interview. Unlike job portals or websites where any and everybody who has a small chance ends up applying because it is free, Round One’s monetary filter ensures only those that truly believe they are a good fit use the service. Apart from this self-filtration mechanism, the interview itself is a screening. Only applicants that are deemed suitable by the interviewers are passed on to the company, with a recommendation. In a sense, Round One empowers every employee to become a screener/recruiter. And if a company wants to hire the best people, it should ideally be the employees, not outsourced recruiters that screen candidates.

Who are your competitors?

I have not heard of any other company that offers this service in India or abroad, but I consider any service that helps people get a job to be competitors. This includes recruiters, job portals, and networking sites. Networking sites however, don’t allow you to meaningfully interact with anyone outside your existing network. You can’t just message a random manager in Accenture and ask them to take half an hour to speak to you because you are interested in their firm.

Job portals don’t allow you to earn a referral and just put your resume in a large pile, which is useless for most competitive jobs. Recruiters have a highly opaque system with respect to job seekers and their loyalties are towards their clients, and not in making sure jobs seekers are able to prove themselves. To really get a sense of how simple, transparent, and easy Round One is, you simply have to visit our website.

How has your ride as an entrepreneur been so far?

Exciting. We’ve added over 700 users in the last month itself, without any significant marketing efforts. Over 200 interviews are available per week on our system now and about 60% of the applicants that purchase interviews have earned referrals.