Debut is a hiring platform that replaces traditional resumes with real‑world work challenges, allowing startup teams to evaluate candidates based on completed tasks. Companies post role‑specific projects—such as coding a model or building a financial forecast—and candidates submit their solutions, with top performers receiving direct job offers and monetary awards.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional hiring processes rely on resumes and keyword screening, which often obscure actual candidate abilities and create inefficient, time‑consuming evaluations for both employers and job seekers.
Solution
Debut provides a proof‑based hiring platform that replaces resumes with real‑world work challenges tied to open roles. Startup founders and hiring leads post role‑specific projects—such as building a financial model, designing a UI, or creating an evaluation harness—and set a deadline for completion. Candidates submit the completed artifact directly through the platform, allowing hiring teams to compare submissions side‑by‑side. The strongest work is ranked and can result in a direct job offer, a final‑round interview, or a monetary prize, with target compensation disclosed up front. This approach streamlines candidate assessment, reduces bias, and accelerates hiring decisions.
Target Audience
Primary customers are startup founders, hiring leads, and talent acquisition teams seeking efficient access to proven candidate work, while candidates looking for merit‑based hiring opportunities benefit from the platform.
Features
- Role‑specific live challenges with defined scopes and deadlines (e.g., 48‑hour modeling task, 72‑hour research harness)
- Asynchronous submission of actual work artifacts instead of resumes or cover letters
- Side‑by‑side ranking interface for hiring teams to evaluate submissions objectively
- Direct offer generation with disclosed target compensation ranges and optional cash awards
- Support for a broad set of functions including engineering, product, design, growth, finance, data, operations, and AI research