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Notes on hiring, broken.
Why verified credentials matter, what we're building, and how the hiring funnel actually breaks — from the Dealt team.
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Featured·25 May 2026·2 min read
You don't have a hiring problem. You have a top-of-funnel problem.
Companies obsess over interview loops, ATS workflows, and offer letters. Almost none of those changes will help if the wrong people are entering the funnel in the first place.
HiringCompanies
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18 May 2026 · 2 min
The stealth startup problem
Two years at a company you can't name, building something you can't describe. The phrase has a lot of legitimate uses — and a lot of illegitimate ones.
HiringVerificationCompanies
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11 May 2026 · 2 min
Why we don't call ourselves a discovery platform
Most platforms turn candidates into a searchable list. We chose not to. Here's the reasoning, and what we built instead.
ProductCandidatesEthics
5 May 2026 · 2 min
Resume screening is broken. Here's what we're building instead.
We're not optimising the funnel. We're rebuilding what enters it. A short note on why we started Dealt — and the mess we keep tripping over.
FoundersHiringVerification