AI · SaaS · Hiring
2025
Rethinking hiring with AI
Designing an AI-powered hiring platform that makes finding and evaluating talent faster and smarter.
Client
Folksnest
scope
AI · SaaS · Hiring
year
2025
duration
1 Year
Overview
The brief.
Folksnest wanted to evolve hiring beyond traditional CV matching by bringing AI-powered insights and team fit into the decision-making process. The brief was to shape an experience that could surface complex candidate, role and team data in a way that felt clear, useful and trustworthy — helping hiring teams understand not just who could do the job, but who could thrive within the team.
The Challenge
Making team fit visible
Hiring decisions aren't simply about finding the candidate with the highest match score. Teams needed to understand why someone matched, where potential gaps existed and how that person could complement an existing team. The challenge was turning multiple signals — including AI-generated insights and softer team dynamics — into something recruiters could quickly understand and trust without adding another layer of complexity to the hiring process.
the solution
Designing for better decisions
I structured the experience around progressive decision layers, allowing recruiters to move from a high-level candidate overview into skills, compatibility and deeper team-fit insights when needed. Rather than isolating team fit as a separate feature, it became part of the wider evaluation journey. Complex signals were translated into clear visual patterns and comparisons, supporting faster, more informed decisions while keeping human judgment at the center.
