What it is
The One-Job Experiment is a public test of one claim: that a startup can run a real hire with far less work when the software does the busywork and people keep the decisions. One startup, one open role, one connected assistant, five working days, and a written record of what happened.
Status: open, no results yet. We are looking for the first teams. This page describes the method. Results will be published here only after a team has run it and agreed to the report.
The question
Can Evander clearly reduce a founder's hiring work on one real role while the founder stays in control of every decision?
The finish line is modest on purpose: a live job and a documented shortlist or first meeting. The first result does not have to be a finished hire.
The five days
| Day | What happens | What gets recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Set the brief | The team writes the real requirements for the role and agrees the finish line. | The brief, and the time it took to write. |
| 2. Publish the role | The job post, pipeline and scorecards are created from the description and checked by the team before the job goes live. | Time from the agreed brief to a live job. Every edit the team had to make to the drafts. |
| 3. Look at the evidence | Applications are screened against the brief. The team reviews the strongest matches and a sample of the rest. | How many people applied, how many the team read, where the team disagreed with a score, and the cases the screening could not settle. |
| 4. Follow through | Replies, booking links and interviews go out through the team's own mailbox and calendar. | Which messages an assistant proposed and which a person approved, edited or stopped. |
| 5. Review | The team and Evander write the report together. A technical founder and a hiring lead from outside are invited to read it and question it. | Hours the team spent, what worked, what failed and what a person still had to do. |
The rules
- Real or clearly labeled. A report covers a real company and a real open role, with the company's written consent. A sample workspace is never presented as a customer.
- Only what happened. A draft is reported as a draft and a sent email as a sent email. If the product could not do a step, the report says so; the step is not staged for a demo.
- Failures are part of the result. Wrong scores, setup problems, permission gaps and anything the team did by hand are listed, not left out.
- No candidate data in public. Reports contain counts and anonymized examples. Names, resumes and messages of candidates stay in the company's workspace.
- No paid or invented praise. Outside reviewers are not paid, and a quote appears only with the name and permission of the person who said it.
- People decide. Every rejection, every email to a candidate and every hiring decision in the experiment is approved by a person on the team.
What we measure
- Time from an agreed role brief to a live job.
- Time from the first application to a reviewed shortlist.
- Hours the team spent on hiring during the five days, and on what.
- Number of applications, and the share a person had to read in full.
- Disagreements between the team and the screening, in both directions.
- Every step that needed a person, and every step that failed.
Take part
We are looking for a small number of startups with one role they need to fill now and no recruiter. You get Evander set up for that role and our help during the five days. In return you agree that an anonymized or named report, which you approve before it is published, can appear on this page.
Write to hello@getevander.app with the role you are hiring for.
Results
None yet. The first report will be linked here.
Questions
What is the One-Job Experiment?
A public test by Evander: one startup runs one real open role through Evander for five working days, and a report records how long each step took, what the software did, what failed and what people still had to do. No results have been published yet.
Who can take part?
Startups with one role they need to fill now and no recruiter. Write to hello@getevander.app with the role you are hiring for.
Does it cost anything?
No. Taking part is free. In return the team agrees that a report it has approved can be published.
Will candidate data be published?
No. Reports contain counts and anonymized examples only. Candidate names, resumes and messages stay in the company's own workspace.