Weak signal at the top
Today, it’s too easy to look like a strong junior candidate on paper. It’s much harder to understand who can actually take a task all the way to a working product
Code got cheap. A working product did not
Don’t waste time on a noisy stream of resumes, weak take-home tests, and a long first-round filter. Choose from candidates who have already been tested in real conditions.
Hiring in the AI Era
Expensive manual screening
Manually screening hundreds of applications wastes valuable team time. And most candidates still don’t make it past the first stages
The usual tests no longer work
When code and solutions can be generated in minutes, standard tests become less and less useful. They do a poor job answering the main hiring question: can this candidate build, finish, and ship a working product
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What a Vetted Candidate Means
- Built an application from a written specification
- Shipped a working build
- Passed automated product behavior checks
- Demonstrated work with backend and data
- Handled errors and edge cases correctly
- Took the product to a state that can be tested by a real user
How We’re Different
Bootcamps
The bigger the intake, the bigger the revenue. Everyone gets a certificate, but it does not guarantee candidate quality
Recruiting agencies
They give access to a flow of resumes, but they don’t solve the core problem: verifying who can actually do the job
Testing platforms
They check isolated skills in an artificial environment, but they don’t show resilience in real work
Squad Ed
We show only vetted candidates: people who managed to learn independently and build a working application, the way it happens in real life
How It Works
1
Give us the brief
Describe the role, requirements, and team constraints
2
Get matching candidates
We’ll select vetted graduates for your specific request
3
Interview candidates
Only shortlist candidates who have gone through our training and evaluation process
4
Hire at a fixed final cost
No agency fee as a percentage of salary
Need help with your junior hiring process?
We can help not only with candidate selection, but with the hiring process itself: defining requirements, improving first-stage screening logic, and designing a stronger signal for junior candidates
Hire not on promises, but on proven results