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For startups

Hire the engineer. Not the resume.

Startups can't afford a bad hire. Lemma gives you verified skill signal before the offer — without a 6-hour interview process.

Verified before the first call.

Replace phone screens and take-homes with a Lemma assessment invite. Get peer-validated SCI scores and full proof history before you schedule a single minute of your team's calendar.

3 minutes to send an invite
8h
saved per hire vs. traditional interview loops
4.9★
average session rating across the Lemma community
Old way

6-hour interview loop — phone screen, take-home, 3 technical rounds, debrief. Still not sure if they can do the work.

With Lemma

30-minute peer session — verified SCI score, full proof history, tier level. You already know before the first call.

How Lemma fits your hiring flow

01

Send an invite

One link. Candidate completes sessions on their own schedule. No coordination required from your team until you've already seen the proof.

02

Candidate completes peer sessions

They demonstrate skills in live 1-on-1 sessions with practitioners. Real work, not puzzles. Practitioners rate performance after every session.

03

Review the SCI score

Before the first call, you see their verified score, skill tier, proof history, and session ratings — not a polished resume narrative.

04

Hire with confidence

Interview the person who already proved they can do the work. The final conversation becomes culture and team-fit, not skill interrogation.

Verified before the interview.

One-link invite

Paste an email. The candidate gets a link, signs up in 5 minutes, and starts immediately.

Peer-verified scores

SCI scores come from live practitioner sessions — not self-reports or multiple choice.

Tier-based filtering

Set a minimum tier threshold. Only candidates who clear the bar enter your review queue.

Shareable passport

Share a candidate's verified passport with anyone on your team. No account required to view.

What founders and engineers say

We replaced our take-home with a Lemma invite. Candidate quality went up and time-to-offer dropped by 40%.

Sarah K.
CTO, Series A startup
Lemma hiring

The SCI score told me more about the candidate in 30 seconds than a 1-hour phone screen ever did.

Marcus W.
Engineering Manager
Team of 8

First hire through Lemma. No resume screening, one session review. She's been incredible from day one.

Jake T.
Founder, YC W26
First technical hire

Common questions

It replaces the phone screen and take-home test. You still meet the person — but you meet them already knowing they can do the work. The final interview becomes a culture and team-fit conversation.

Candidates typically complete sessions within 24–48 hours of receiving the invite. You get results as soon as they finish. The full flow from invite to verified score is usually under 2 days.

No. Sessions are live, peer-validated, and rated by practitioners — not self-reported. The SCI formula weights reliability and freshness, so inflated one-time scores decay over time.

Individual assessment invites are free up to 10 per month. Team plans start at a flat per-seat rate with unlimited invites and API access. Contact us for startup-friendly pricing.

Your next engineer is out there. Lemma tells you who they are.

No credit card. No take-homes. No guessing.

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