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Warm candidates for startups that need to hire fast.

Every candidate in Finalist Pool reached a final round at another startup within the last 60 days. Skip the job ad and start with people who are already vetted and on the market.

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Why Finalist Pool

The only place to find candidates who are both.

Ready to move now, and already vetted by another company. A job ad gives you the first. LinkedIn search can’t tell you either. Finalist Pool gives you both.

Job applications

Ready to move nowYes

Vetted by another companyNo

LinkedIn search

Ready to move nowUnknown

Vetted by another companyNo

Finalist Pool

Ready to move nowYes

Vetted by another companyYes

What “vetted” means

They came close to being hired.

A finalist didn’t just send an application. They went through another company’s hiring process and made it all the way to the last round. Only one person could get the offer, and this time it wasn’t them.

ApplicationCV and motivation reviewed

ScreeningFirst call with the recruiter

InterviewsHiring manager and team

Case or testOften part of the process

Final roundOne of the last two or three

Finalist PoolReady for your process

A typical process. The exact steps vary from company to company.

Different process, same bar

Every startup hires differently. One runs a case, another a technical test, a third leans on references. A finalist has cleared someone else’s version of the bar. That doesn’t make them weaker for yours. It means you start with someone who has already held up under a real hiring process.

You still decide

You run your own interviews and make your own call. Finalist Pool doesn’t replace your judgement. It saves you the first rounds, so you spend your time on candidates who have already come close.

Why an ecosystem

One startup’s finalist is another startup’s next hire.

Similar profiles

Scaling startups hire for similar roles: product, engineering, design, sales and customer success. Your ‘no’ last month could be another startup’s ‘yes’ today. And their ‘no’ could be your next hire.

Speed decides

To scale, you have to hire fast. Every week a key role stays open slows the team down, delays the roadmap and puts more work on the people you already have.

Ready to go

Finalist Pool connects startups in an ecosystem of warm candidates. They are vetted by another company, on the market right now and ready to start adding value.

Post and pray

Post a job, wait, and screen hundreds of applications.

Time to first good candidate: Weeks
Your effort: High. You screen everything
What you get: Mostly noise, a few gems

Long search

Run your own search or brief a headhunter.

Time to first good candidate: Weeks to months
Your effort: Briefings and follow-up
What you get: A shortlist, at a high cost

Finalist Pool

Start with candidates who made a final round within the last 60 days.

Time to first good candidate: Days
Your effort: Browse, open, interview
What you get: Warm, pre-vetted finalists

For hiring teams

Before you post a job, check the pool.

Every candidate in the pool is warm. They reached a final round at another company within the last 60 days, they are on the job market right now, and they are ready for their next job.

Pre-screenedReached the final round at another company

On the marketActively looking, final round within the last 60 days

Ready to hireInterview-ready from day one

Not chosen isn’t the same as not good enough.
Only one person gets the job. Your next hire might be someone else’s close second. Every great hire you’ve made was someone else’s ‘no’.

Fixed fee

A fraction of the cost

One fixed price per hire, whatever the salary. No retainer, no percentage.

Finalists only

Search finalists only

Every profile reached the last round somewhere else. No AI mass applications, no 200 CVs to screen.

Already vetted

Quality checked by another company

Each candidate went through several rounds before you ever see them. You see which role and which company.

Free to browse

No risk before a hire

Browse the pool for free. The fee applies only when you hire a candidate whose profile you opened.

How it works for hiring teams

Step 1

Browse the pool

Filter by role, experience and how recent the final round was.

Step 2

Open a full profile

See name, LinkedIn profile and contact details. If you hire them within 12 months of opening their profile, the fee applies.

Step 3

Interview as usual

Run your own process. You decide who you hire.

Step 4

Hire and confirm

Confirm the hire in Finalist Pool, and get back to scaling your company.

And here’s a bonus for you when you share your own finalists.

The companies that hire from the pool also share their finalists. When one of yours is hired by another startup, you get paid 10,000 DKK. That’s the ecosystem.

Simple pricing

For hiring teams

Browsing the poolFree

Per hire35,000 DKK

For companies that share finalists

Sharing finalistsFree

You receive per hire10,000 DKK

All prices are excl. VAT.

Founding partners

Be one of the first ten.

We’re opening Finalist Pool with ten Copenhagen startups. Founding partners get their first hire from the pool free and help shape the product.

Recruiter

Share a finalist

Use this right after the rejection call. Signed in as Northwind Software.

10,000 DKKExcl. VAT, when your finalist is hired elsewhere.

20 secondsPer candidate, from your phone.

A better rejectionSomething good to offer on the call.

A quality mark“Finalist at Northwind” carries weight.

Message the candidate receives (text and email)

The link expires after 14 days. The invite date is shown to hiring companies so they can see how recent the final round was.

Your invites

Candidate	Role	Sent	Status

Candidate

Create your finalist profile

Opened from the invite.

Free, alwaysYou never pay anything.

You stay in controlBlock your current employer and anyone else.

Visible for 60 daysThen hidden from companies. All data is deleted after 12 months.

Verified

Full name

Email

Location

Years of experience

Notice period

Salary expectation (optional)

Working languages

Work setup

Your headlineOne line about what you’ve done. Max 120 characters. Don’t name employers.

LinkedIn profileShown only to companies that open your full profile

Next role you’re looking for

Key skillsAt least 3, separated with commas

Block these companies from seeing youRequired: add at least your current employer

I was in the final round for this role. Share my profile with verified companies on Finalist Pool for 60 days. My data is kept for 12 months to document which companies saw my profile, and then deleted. I can remove my profile at any time. I understand that the company that recommended me receives 10,000 DKK if I am hired through Finalist Pool. I’ll tell Finalist Pool if I accept a job with a company that found me here. You’ll ask me when my profile is removed, and again after 6 and 12 months.

Candidate follow-up

Did you find a job?

The candidate is asked at three moments only: when the profile is removed, and 6 and 12 months later. One tap, no login.

What happens when the candidate says “I’ve accepted a job”

The candidate picks the companyFrom the companies that opened their profile, or “Another company”.
The hiring company gets an invoiceAutomatically, with 10 days to dispute if the information is wrong. Nothing to do if it’s right.
The sharing company gets paidOnce the hiring company has paid its invoice.

Why candidates answer

They agreed to it when they created their profile, and it takes one tap. No reward is offered.

Hiring

The pool

0Warm candidates

0New this week

0Different roles

Signed in as Ostra Systems. Every finalist here reached a final round within the last 60 days. Browsing is free. Opening a full profile is logged, and hiring that candidate within 12 months costs 35,000 DKK excl. VAT.

Search role or skill

Experience

Location

Final round

Dashboard · Northwind Software

What your finalists have done

This overview is also sent to your head of talent every month.

Admin · only visible to you

Platform overview

Revenue and the full view log across all companies. Customers never see this page.

Platform

View log

Every full-profile view, with who opened it and when. This is the evidence if a hire happens outside the platform. Profiles leave the pool 60 days after the final round and are deleted after 12 months. Candidates get a check-in at 3 and 6 months asking where they were hired.

Opened	Hiring company	Candidate	Shared by	Status	Check-ins