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Mission design
We turn the real requirements of one role into a short, compensated mission that is practical, job-relevant, and respectful of candidates’ time.
Founding Pilot
See the work before you hire.
A structured, compensated work-sample process for one real role—built around the work that role actually requires.
DayOne helps evaluate up to six shortlisted candidates through a short job-relevant mission, transparent rubric, organized evidence, human quality review, and a clear finalist report.
What the founding pilot includes
One role. One real mission. Clearer hiring evidence.
DayOne is designed for roles where judgment shows up in the work: prioritization, communication, planning, problem-solving, and the other practical demands of the job.
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Transparent rubric approval
You review and approve the evaluation rubric before candidates begin. It stays limited to the job-relevant evidence you need to see.
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Employer-supplied shortlist
You bring up to six shortlisted candidates. DayOne helps you evaluate the people already under consideration; it does not replace your hiring process.
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Candidate coordination
Candidates receive a clear brief, completion expectations, submission instructions, and the promised $100 reward for completing the approved mission.
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Rubric-bound AI evidence organization
DayOne uses AI to organize and summarize submitted work only against the employer-approved rubric. AI does not make the hiring decision or infer beyond the approved job-relevant evidence.
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Human quality review
A human review checks that the evidence package is complete, traceable, and presented faithfully before it reaches your team.
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Auditable comparison and finalist report
You receive a side-by-side record of mission evidence, rubric-based observations, and a concise finalist report for your internal hiring discussion.
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Debrief
We close with a practical debrief: what the mission revealed, what to carry into interviews or references, and how to improve the next hiring cycle.
How it works
A better hiring loop in four steps.
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Bring the role
Share the role, job description, hiring timeline, and the evidence you need to see.
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Approve the mission and rubric
DayOne drafts the compensated mission and transparent evaluation rubric. You approve both before the process begins.
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Let candidates show the work
Your shortlisted candidates complete the same role-relevant mission. Each completing participant receives $100.
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Review evidence and decide
DayOne delivers organized, human-reviewed evidence and a finalist report. Your hiring team makes the final decision.
Pricing
Founding Pilot pricing
$750 activation fee
Covers mission design, rubric development, candidate coordination, evidence organization, human quality review, finalist comparison, report, and debrief.
+$100 per completing candidate
Completion rewards are funded by the employer and paid to candidates for completing the approved mission.
Four-completer example
$1,150 total
$750 activation + $400 rewards. Candidate participation is always free.
Responsible evaluation boundaries
What DayOne evaluates—and what it does not.
DayOne helps employers assess documented, job-relevant work against a rubric they have approved.
Personality or emotional state
Protected characteristics
Health or disability information
Biometric information
Culture fit
Anything outside the approved job-relevant rubric
DayOne does not guarantee a perfect hire. Human employers make every final hiring decision.
Future roadmap only
From open role to paid opportunity
Public listing — not yet a paid DayOne mission.
DayOne’s future roadmap includes an authorized job-index discovery layer that could help eligible employers turn open roles into compensated DayOne missions. It is not a current listing, marketplace, or public index.
Any future public listing would use employer submissions, licensed or opt-in partner feeds, and permitted public ATS APIs only. DayOne will not scrape LinkedIn, Indeed, or sources that prohibit reuse.
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