Hiring platform · Built in Africa

Hiring isn't broken by a lack of talent.It's missing the engine.

OptioHire receives applications, screens CVs, scores candidates fairly, and hands your team interview-ready shortlists - all on one transparent, end-to-end platform.

Trusted by modern recruitment teams · Faster, fairer hiring · Full decision audit trail

The platform, by the numbers

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Applications screened

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Avg. time to shortlist

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Faster hiring cycles

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Decision audit trail

The stakes

Great hires are lost in the pile - every single week.

The volume of applications has outgrown the humans meant to review them. The cost is measured in missed talent, slow cycles, and frustrated candidates.

300+

CVs per open role - too many to read fairly

4 days

Manual shortlisting for a single position

75%

Candidates never hear back at all

<1%

Get any actionable feedback

Why the old way fails

The tools exist. A system that actually decides doesn't.

Manual CV screening

  • Hours lost per role
  • Inconsistent judgement
  • Fatigue = bias

Generic ATS tools

  • Keyword box-ticking
  • No real evaluation
  • Candidates ghosted

Spreadsheets & inboxes

  • No single source of truth
  • Lost applications
  • Zero audit trail

You don't need another inbox. You need a system.

The engine

One chain - from application to hire.

Six steps that turn a flooded inbox into a fair, fast, defensible hiring decision.

01

Ingest

Applications arrive by email or portal - captured automatically.

02

Parse

CVs are read and structured into clean, comparable data.

03

Score

Every candidate is evaluated against the same role criteria.

04

Shortlist

Interview-ready rankings with transparent reasoning.

05

Interview

Schedule and message candidates from one place.

06

Hire

Decide with confidence - and a full audit trail.

For employers & HR teams

Stop screening CVs manually. Start hiring confidently.

Cut through hundreds of applicants fairly and fast, with a clear audit trail your stakeholders can trust.

Start hiring

3x faster shortlisting

From stacked inboxes to interview-ready lists.

Bias-aware scoring

The same criteria for every candidate.

Full audit trail

Answer any decision with confidence.

Milestone insights

Know when a role hits key applicant counts.

For job seekers

Stop guessing. Start landing the right roles.

Cut through the noise, stand out on merit, and track every application with full transparency.

Find your next role

1-click applications

Apply with one unified profile.

Real-time tracking

Never guess where you stand.

Judged on merit

Structured evaluation beyond the CV.

Direct interviews

Schedule and message in one place.

For enterprises & institutions

Ready to scale hiring across your organization?

Apply now and our team will onboard you, coordinate setup, and take you through everything - from a tailored walkthrough to going live with your teams and cohorts.

Built for scale

One scorecard and audit trail across every department and role.

Institutions & cohorts

Onboard universities and manage student cohorts end-to-end.

Guided onboarding

We set you up and coordinate every step with your team.

Dedicated support

A partner who tailors the platform to your hiring workflow.

Open roles

Companies are hiring right now

Real roles from teams screening with OptioHire. Apply once, track everything.

Why we exist

Close the gap between a CV and real capability.

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Fairness

Every candidate is judged on the same criteria - structure over gut feel.

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Speed

Shortlists in hours, not weeks. Momentum wins the best people.

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Transparency

Clear reasoning and a full audit trail behind every decision.

Real journeys

From stuck to hired - step by step.

We went from four days of CV marathons to a ranked shortlist the same morning. Our hiring managers finally trust the process.

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Amina K.

Head of People, Scaling SME

The audit trail alone is worth it. When a candidate asks why, we have a clear, consistent answer every time.

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David M.

Talent Lead, High-growth Startup

As a candidate I actually knew where I stood. Applied once, tracked everything, got real feedback. Rare.

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Brian O.

Software Engineer

The future of hiring is being built right now.

Screen smarter, decide fairer, and hire faster - all in one place.