I built a resume screening tool for small businesses
I'm a product designer. I build things. A while back I worked in recruiting for a couple years and got to see how much small businesses spend just trying to hire one person. Recruiters charge 20% of first year salary. For a $60K hire that's $12K.
One day I saw a post on X talking about how nobody builds hiring tools for small businesses. Everything out there is enterprise software with annual contracts and demo request forms. And it clicked. I already knew this market. Nobody was solving this.
When someone is great at what they do they start a business around it. And when they're really great the business grows. But with growth comes the stuff nobody signed up for. You stop doing the thing you love and start being a business admin. Hiring is the worst of it. Hundreds of resumes. Days behind a desk sifting through applicants because you need help but finding help takes all your time.
That's who I built this for.
HireScreen. Upload resumes, paste your job requirements, every resume gets scored in minutes.
No idea what's going to happen with this but the problem is real and nobody is building for these people.
This is a real pain for SMBs. One thing that builds trust fast: role‑specific explanations rather than a single score (“missing X keyword tied to requirement Y”, “ATS parse issue on section Z”). We’ve seen people accept feedback only when it’s concrete + tied to the role. Are you planning to show the exact gap‑to‑job mapping?
Yes, it is.
And I agree with you about the building trust aspect. The tool shows requirements they met or did not meet but also gives an assessment on the strengths and concerns regarding the candidate in regards to the role. It also offers an on-demand detailed analysis which is a much more indepth assessment into the candidate.
The original screenshot doesnt really do it justice but Ive added a 25 second video demo to the site that shows it all which is nice.