From signed contract to signed offer in three weeks.
Slack Connect, a real kickoff call, and a twice-weekly batch cadence with feedback loops in between. We work like an in-house recruiter, not a black box.
Step 1 · Sign & deposit
Contract signed, deposit sent.
$500 to kick off. We don't overcomplicate the final sales step — sign, pay, and we're moving.
Engagement agreement
- $500 deposit on signature
- 15% of first-year base on hire
- 90-day replacement guarantee
- No exclusivity required
Step 2 · Slack + kickoff
Slack Connect within the hour. Kickoff the next day.
We open a Slack Connect channel and book the kickoff for the following day. Bring everyone on the hiring panel — alignment up front saves a week later.
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Sprout2:14p
Welcome! Looping you in. Brief link below 👇
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You2:18p
Filled it out. Comp range is 160–200.
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Sprout2:21p
Got it. Kickoff tomorrow at 10am — calendar invite sent.
Step 3 · Brief + onboarding
A real brief, not a job description.
Before the kickoff, you fill out a short form right inside Sprout. The most useful question:
- 3 ideal candidates. Describe them. Why each is a fit. What you'd offer them inside your comp band.
- 2 candidates who look right but aren't. And why they're a no for you. This is what calibrates our filter.
Question 4 of 8
Describe 3 ideal candidates and 2 who look right but aren't.
- Senior PM at fintech, ships consumer flows
- PM-2 from Stripe / Plaid / Brex
- Built activation funnels
- B2B PMs who never owned consumer metrics
- Strategy-only PMs
Step 4 · Kickoff call
Live calibration on real candidates.
On the call, we surface what the form didn't:
- Live reactions. We share a few non-vetted candidates and capture your gut takes.
- Borderline cases. We share a few we passed on and check our rationale matches yours.
- Cadence. Pick a weekly 20-min sync day. Confirm feedback turnaround.
- The details. Comp range, 90-day goals, interview loop, urgency, hours, remote/hybrid.
Step 5 · Three-week cadence
Two batches a week. Live feedback loop.
Most searches close inside three weeks on this rhythm:
- Monday eveFirst batch of candidates.
- TuesdayYou send feedback.
- Tuesday sync20-min weekly touchpoint.
- Thursday eveSecond batch of candidates.
- FridayYou send feedback (async).
Candidates land in your ATS as "Sourced by Sprout" with screening notes attached, plus a Slack ping with the highlights. Reply in either — we keep them in sync.
Week 2 of 3
ActiveOnsites booked Thu — 3 candidates moved forward.
Three weeks, three milestones.
- Day 0Contract signed, $500 deposit, Slack Connect opened.
- Day 1Kickoff call. We align on 3 ideal candidates and 2 who look-right-but-aren't.
- Week 1You meet at least 3 candidates from the first batch.
- Week 23–4 first interviews booked with the strongest. Second-round batch sent.
- Week 3Offer extended to at least one candidate.
- +90 daysIf the hire doesn't stick, we run the search again on us.
Try it on a real role.
Sign, kick off the next day, see candidates by Monday.