Engineering
“Led a team of five to migrate a monolith to services, with a measurable drop in deploy time.”
Moved to technical interview
Turn applications into a shortlist.
Senior product engineer
AM
Alex Morgan
Role match
Evidence behind the score
- Shipped two production systems in TypeScript
- Limited exposure to payments
A job post. A scored shortlist. A decision you can explain.
1 brief
Write the role once, with weighted requirements.
Evaluate
Every resume scored against your criteria.
Side by side
Put finalists next to each other, criterion by criterion.
Decide
Review the evidence with your team and decide who to interview.
Build a shortlist you can explain.
Explore a sample role, review the evidence, and choose who makes your shortlist.
Start with what the role needs
Set the requirements before reviewing candidates. This example uses the same four criteria for everyone.
Senior product engineer
Requirements used in this example
- Technical depth
- TypeScript and API design
- Product sense
- Owning product launches
- Communication
- Working across engineering and product
- Domain experience
- Experience in payments
Sample criteria, shown for illustration. Scores are fixed for this demo.
0 candidates selected
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Built for the teams you hire for
Healthcare
“Six years in outpatient nursing, with current registration and experience in chronic care.”
Shortlisted for the clinic manager
Sales
“Closed enterprise deals across two regions and consistently ranked in the top quartile of the team.”
Screening questions sent
Operations
“Managed daily scheduling for a 40-person warehouse team and cut overtime through better rosters.”
Kept for a second look
From job post to shortlist, in six steps.
01
Post the job
Describe the role with weighted requirements. The JD writing assistant helps you draft it.
02
Collect applications
Candidates apply on your branded page and upload a resume. Files are scanned for malware.
03
Read every resume
Resumes are turned into structured profiles, so experience and skills can be compared fairly.
04
Score against your criteria
Each candidate gets a match score with strengths, gaps and interview questions behind it.
05
Build the shortlist
Compare finalists side by side and decide who to interview. Share a shortlist with your hiring managers.
06
Screen further
On Growth, Professional and Business plans, send screening questions and review the responses.
Understand the score. Make your own decision.
An evaluation helps you prioritize a review. It is not a hiring verdict.
Ask about evaluation- Start with the role
- Define the requirements and their weights before reviewing applicants. Align evaluates candidates against those criteria.
- Check the evidence
- Review strengths, gaps, and suggested interview questions. Missing resume details are a reason to ask, not proof that someone lacks a skill.
- Keep people in the decision
- AI can misread a resume or miss context. Review the original resume and use interviews to verify what matters before deciding.
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Common questions
Align compares each resume with the requirements you set and explains its scoring. It can misread a resume or miss context, so treat the score as a way to prioritize, not a verdict. Always review the evidence yourself.
No. Align ranks and explains, and people decide. Because every candidate is measured against the same weighted criteria, reviews tend to be more consistent, but we do not claim to remove bias. Keep a human in every decision.
Applicants give GDPR consent when they apply, uploaded files are scanned for malware, and each company's data is isolated from every other tenant. See our privacy policy for the details.
PDF, DOC and DOCX files. Scanned, image-only documents may not be readable, so ask candidates for a text-based file.
Lever sync and LinkedIn job sharing are available today. Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Gmail, Outlook, Workable, BambooHR and calendar connections are on the way.
Every account starts with a 14-day free trial. Paid plans begin at $59 per month, and a pay-as-you-go option covers extra candidates. Compare the plans on the pricing page.
Screening lets you send candidates a set of questions and review their answers next to their evaluation. It is included on the Growth, Professional and Business plans.
The Align website is available in English and Arabic, and candidates can apply with resumes in either language. Check evaluations carefully for resumes in other languages.
