Overview
CommandBar is a fast-growing startup providing user interface solutions that make software products more intuitive. Backed by $24M in Series A funding, they're a company that engineers are eager to join. With no dedicated recruiting team, hiring responsibilities fall to the founders, including CTO Vinay Ayyala, and hiring managers like Manaan Alexander.
The Challenge
As CommandBar scaled, they were inundated with over 3,000 applications for their engineering role alone. Vinay Ayyala and Manaan Alexander needed a way to quickly identify top candidates without sacrificing time that could be better spent on building the business. They faced the classic startup dilemma: how do you handle a flood of inbound interest without the resources to properly manage it?
How Tofu Helped
Tofu's AI resume review tool stepped in to fill the gap. CommandBar was able to offload the heavy lifting of resume screening, saving Vinay, Manaan, and the team from wasting 10s of hours manually sifting through applications. With Tofu, they could:
- Surface Top Candidates Instantly: Tofu's AI resume review tool quickly screened over 3,000 applications, surfacing the most promising candidates in minutes.
- Customize Benchmarks: Vinay and Manaan used profiles of their best hires to create benchmarks, ensuring that Tofu's AI highlighted candidates who closely matched their ideal criteria.
- Avoid Hiring a Recruiter: By leveraging Tofu, CommandBar didn't need to bring on a recruiter, allowing Vinay, Manaan, and the team to focus on growing the business without giving resume reviewing too much mindshare.
Impact
Tofu's AI resume review tool had a significant impact on CommandBar's hiring process:
- No More Time Sink: Vinay Ayyala and Manaan Alexander avoided wasting 10s of hours on resume screening, freeing them up to focus on scaling the business and driving product development.
- Focused Hiring Decisions: With Tofu surfacing top candidates, Vinay, Manaan, and the team could make fast, confident decisions without second-guessing whether they'd missed a strong applicant.
- No Need for a Recruiter: CommandBar sidestepped the need to hire a recruiter, keeping their team lean and agile while still maintaining a high standard in their hiring process.
- More Mindshare for Building: By offloading resume screening to Tofu, Vinay and the leadership team could dedicate more mental energy to growing the company rather than getting bogged down in the details of the hiring process.
Tofu gave CommandBar the ability to manage a high volume of applications efficiently, allowing them to continue attracting top talent without slowing down their growth.