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How HookStep works

HookStep is built around a simple loop: companies publish real roles, candidates apply with a consistent profile, and both sides track progress in one place. Below is how each side typically moves from zero to interviews.

For employers and recruiters

1. Create a recruiter account

Use a business email and complete onboarding so your company name and public job URL are set.

2. Publish jobs

Add title, location, employment type, skills, and a full description. Listings posted in the last 90 days appear on the public jobs directory; an older listing keeps its page, marked as possibly filled, but leaves the list.

3. Review applications

Use the dashboard to see candidate profiles, documents, and status. Move people through shortlisted, interview, hired or rejected according to your process.

4. Coordinate next steps

Keep your team on one source of truth so nobody duplicates outreach or loses context.

For job seekers

1. Sign in

Complete your candidate profile: experience, skills, links, and optional resume so employers see a complete picture once.

2. Browse open roles

Use the jobs page. Filter by category, location, and keywords that match your background.

3. Apply

Submit to roles that fit. Your application stays with that job so you can track where you have already raised your hand.

4. Watch for updates

Follow progress from hiring teams in the product as they move your application forward.

When you want engineers, not applicants

Besides the platform, HookStep supplies India-based engineers to employers; see IT staff augmentation in India, or hire AI engineers, full stack developers or DevOps engineers.

What happens after you share a role:

  1. You send the brief: stack, seniority, time zone overlap, budget and engagement type.
  2. We match it against engineers we already know and source for the gaps, instead of pretending someone is on the bench.
  3. You receive profiles against that specific requirement, with contact details masked until you shortlist.
  4. You interview the shortlist yourself. Nobody starts until you have said yes.

How you can engage:

  • Contract: the engineer works on your team for a fixed term, billed hourly or monthly against the rate agreed for that role.
  • Contract-to-hire: start on contract and convert to a permanent hire once both sides are sure.
  • Permanent placement in India: we source and shortlist, you employ the engineer directly.
  • Remote from India, or on-site at your office in India.

What it costs:

  • Contract and contract-to-hire: we take roles budgeted at ₹2 lakh a month or more. The rate is agreed per role, against your brief.
  • Permanent placement in India: 6% of the hire's annual CTC, invoiced only after the person joins. Nothing is charged before that.

For the budgets other companies stated for contract roles, and how a placement fee is worked out, see IT staffing rates in India.

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