Why campus hiring is hard to do fairly
Campus roles draw many applicants with little work history. Resume screens end up favouring familiar schools and well-formatted CVs, and nobody has time to talk to everyone.
How a campus process runs
- Share one public apply link with career services and on job boards.
- Approve a plan that focuses on fundamentals and learning, not experience.
- Invite applicants to the AI screen. They can type or speak, and switch at any point.
- Run a guarded coding round for the strongest, with small, clear tests.
- Add interviews with the team on the same scorecard, and sign every decision.
What to look for in graduates
| Signal | What it shows in a graduate |
|---|---|
| Time to first prompt | Whether they reason before asking for help |
| Prompt quality | Whether they ask to understand, not only for answers |
| Verification | Whether they run the tests after each change |
| Over-reliance flags | Large accepted blocks never reviewed |
| Recovery | Whether they read a failing test and fix it |
Fairness built in
Every candidate on a plan version is asked the same things. The judge is told to infer nothing about the person beyond what they said and built. Candidates are told what is recorded and who decides before they apply, and an audit log with a row per decision supports a bias audit.
What it costs
Reading 40 applications costs 1 credit. A typed screen is 1 credit, a voice screen 2, and a coding round 5. Plans start at $119 a month for 30 credits, with top-ups for peak season.
Questions
Is AI screening fair to graduates?
SynergicHire uses one approved plan for every candidate, scores only what they said and built, cites the evidence, and leaves every decision to a named person.
Can graduates use AI in the coding round?
In guarded mode they get a limited helper, which suits graduate hiring. The server enforces the mode.
Do candidates need to be on camera?
No. There is no camera proctoring and no facial or emotion analysis.
Can we handle a hiring season's peak?
Yes. Top-up packs of 10, 50 or 100 credits add capacity without changing your plan.