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Managed Hiring

Tech screenings for companies who don't yet know how to hire for AI.

Engagement

People

Delivery

Monthly retainer or per-role

Code

PPL-002

What you buy

An external screening function that protects bar.

The promise

You see only candidates who've passed Loop's AI-native bar. And your hiring managers leave with a calibration that survives after the engagement ends.

Who it's for

Hiring managers and engineering leaders adding QA / SDET / quality-leadership headcount, who don't yet trust their internal pipeline to screen for AI fluency.

Buyer state. “I have headcount, but I don't trust our pipeline to assess AI fluency.”

What's inside

What we focus on.

01

Loop-grade interview design

We design the screen against the new operating model. Code reading, debugging under unfamiliar context, AI-tool fluency, testability instinct, system tradeoff reasoning. Not the LeetCode loop your team has been using.

02

Run the screens

Loop runs the technical screen, take-home review, and architecture interview. You only see candidates who pass. And you get the recording + scorecard so internal calibration improves with every loop.

03

Calibration handoff

After 4–6 closes, your hiring managers can run the loop themselves. Loop hands over the rubric, sample sessions, and calibration notes so the bar doesn't drop when the engagement ends.

Deliverables

You'll walk away with all of this.

  • Screened, ranked candidate shortlist per role
  • Recordings + scorecards for every loop
  • Loop-grade interview rubric (yours to keep)
  • Calibration handoff after the engagement

The boss-approval frame

How to get this approved.

“Hiring the wrong senior QA engineer costs us six months and a half-million dollars. Loop runs the technical bar for us until our managers can run it themselves. And we only see candidates who clear it.”

ROI logic. If managed hiring prevents one wrong senior hire. Or shortens a 9-month search to 3. It pays for itself many times over.

The offer ladder

Four tiers. One question each.

Pick by what you're trying to answer this quarter. Not by what tier looks "best." The depth of change escalates with the question. The entry course is publicly priced; higher tiers are scoped per engagement.

  1. 01$1,000 / seat

    “Teach me the model.”

    Doing More With Less in QA

    Duration
    1 day
    Scope
    Individual leader
    ROI by
    90-day plan, same week

    You leave with the framework, the worksheets, and a 90-day plan you can hand to your boss on Monday.

    See this tier →
  2. 02Scoped per engagement

    “Apply the model to my current QA team.”

    QA Leverage Review

    Duration
    1 day · private
    Scope
    QA team only
    ROI by
    Top-5 moves named the same day

    An outside diagnosis built around your team. You leave with the top-5 leverage opportunities, scored, and a 90-day plan ready for leadership.

    See this tier →
  3. 03Scoped per engagement

    “Redesign our company-wide quality strategy.”

    Quality Strategy & Leadership Alignment

    Duration
    3–6 weeks
    Scope
    QA + engineering + product + executives
    ROI by
    Cross-functional ownership reset in week 4

    Cross-functional alignment, ownership clarity, and a 90-day implementation roadmap. Backed by 3 follow-up reviews so the strategy actually ships.

    See this tier →
  4. 04Scoped per engagement

    “Lead the transformation.”

    Quality Transformation Sprint

    Duration
    6–10 weeks
    Scope
    Org-wide implementation
    ROI by
    Visible ROI by week 8

    Quality intelligence dashboard, AI/automation pilot, manager operating cadence, and 180-day roadmap. Built into how the team actually works, not delivered as a deck.

    See this tier →

Most clients move up the ladder one tier at a time. Skipping tiers works only when the depth of change you need is obvious from the start.

Template

90-Day QA Leverage Plan