Frequently Asked Questions

Not at all. Hira is specifically designed for business leaders, founders, and anyone who needs to hire technical talent without recruitment expertise. Our natural language interface means you can simply describe who you need (e.g., "Senior React developer with backend experience") and our AI handles the complex sourcing, skill mapping, and candidate ranking automatically.

Yes, Hira excels at finding specialized technical talent. Our AI understands transferable skills and career progression, so it can identify candidates who may not have the exact title you're searching for but have the right experience. For example, if you need a DevOps engineer, Hira can find system administrators who've worked with cloud infrastructure, or developers who've managed deployment pipelines.

After our intro call, setup takes less than 5 minutes and your first search results appear within seconds. We'll walk you through the process and help you get started immediately. Most users identify qualified candidates within their first hour of using the platform. You get instant access to ranked, relevant talent to accelerate your hiring process.

We provide comprehensive onboarding and ongoing support specifically designed for business leaders. This includes setup assistance, best practices for writing job descriptions, guidance on evaluating candidates, and strategic advice on building technical teams. Our support team understands you're focused on growing your business, not becoming a recruitment expert.

Hira ranks and organizes candidates automatically, providing a comprehensive candidate management solution. We offer an open API that allows you to export candidate data or build custom integrations with your existing tools and workflows on request. You can maintain your current processes while upgrading your sourcing capabilities.

In most cases, yes. Hira's natural language processing is more powerful than traditional Boolean search because it understands context, transferable skills, and career progression. Instead of crafting complex Boolean queries, you can describe requirements naturally. However, we also support advanced filtering for recruiters who want granular control over search parameters.

The learning curve is minimal. Most recruiters become proficient within their first day of use. The interface is intuitive, and since you describe requirements in natural language rather than complex search syntax, it feels familiar immediately. We provide training sessions and detailed documentation to help your team maximize the platform's potential.

We take data privacy seriously and comply with GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant regulations. All candidate data is sourced from public profiles and professional networks. We provide clear opt-out mechanisms and honor removal requests promptly. Your searches and candidate interactions are kept confidential and never shared with competitors.

Yes, you can customize searches with our priority-based filtering system. You can filter by years of experience and adjust four key priorities: Industry match (sector background relevance), Distance (geographic proximity when location matters), Learning (skill overlap and adaptability), and Experience (seniority level alignment). These filters help you fine-tune candidate ranking based on what matters most for each specific role.

Our AI analyzes entire career trajectories and project contexts to understand how skills develop and transfer between roles. For example, it recognizes that a Java developer who's worked on distributed systems can likely adapt to Go or Scala, or that a frontend developer who's built complex SPAs understands state management concepts that transfer across frameworks.

Hira specializes in technical and knowledge-worker roles including software engineers, data scientists, product managers, designers, DevOps engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and technical leadership positions. Our AI is particularly effective for roles requiring complex skill combinations or deep technical expertise.

Yes, we offer a comprehensive free trial that lets you experience Hira's full capabilities. You can run multiple searches, explore candidate profiles, and see how our AI ranking works with your specific hiring needs. No credit card required to start, and our team is available to help you get the most out of your trial.

Our AI evaluates candidates based on demonstrated achievements, not just claimed skills. We analyze career progression, project complexity, team environments, and skill development patterns to assess genuine capability. This "proof-based" approach helps identify candidates who can actually deliver results, not just talk about them.

Yes! Hira provides full API access for all users. Simply generate an API key in your settings and integrate with your existing systems using our comprehensive API documentation at hiratalent.app/backend/docs. We also offer CSV export functionality on request for teams that prefer simple data export options. You maintain full control over your candidate data and can easily incorporate Hira's insights into your existing recruitment workflows.