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For founders hiring sales reps

Stop interviewing reps.See them work.

Candidates make approved calls in a paid trial. You review verified activity, notes, outcomes, source-linked moments, and explicit limitations before recording your own decision.

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CallTrial v0.4
YC S26 · est. 2026
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01 / 05 · the pitch
02 — what you actually review

One evidence packet per candidate. Built from the trial, not their resume.

Evidence packet · Alexis Baezv1 · 2026-05-03
Ready for employer review36 calls · 9m 40s talk · 4 connects· 90-min trial

Source coverage · human verified

Trial completionDocumented
Call activityDocumented
Conversation excerptsDocumented
Voicemail contentSource unavailable

Mechanical · measured from audio

Talk ratio62 / 38 rep / lead
Pace146 wpm
Fillers7 total
Wait time0.8 sec

Transcript · Call 2, 1:02-1:25 · highlight

Alexis Baez · to lead“If budget is the constraint, is this still a top-three finance ops problem for the quarter?”
03 — admin overview

The cohort view under the report.

Source-linked records stay the source of truth. The workbench shows each trial state, visible exceptions, and the next operational action.

CallTrial dashboard · employer workbench

Founding SDR cohort

Northstar Ledger · six-candidate pilot · ordered by next action

Ready

2

Scheduled

3

Candidates

6

Cohort signal

attempts · connects · reports ready

MonToday

Connect rate

17%

Median talk

4m 52s

Packets ready

2

CandidateTrial stateAttemptsConnectsEvidenceNext action
AB

Alexis Baez

SDR trial candidate

Complete364VerifiedOpen packet
AP

Aisha Patel

SDR trial candidate

In progress182ProcessingMonitor trial
JO

James Okonkwo

SDR trial candidate

Not started——Not availableScheduled
KZ

Kevin Zhang

SDR trial candidate

Complete240IncompleteReview exception
MR

Martin Ribiero

SDR trial candidate

Not started——Not availableScheduled
04 — activity at a glance

Evidence, not verdicts.

A trial turns hiring into work founders can inspect: time saved, calls completed, packet state, source-linked facts, and known limitations.

founder time

From hours to minutes.

4 hr15 min

Review the work sample instead of sitting through five interviews.

evaluation path

Fewer loops.

5 loops1 trial

One structured trial can replace a long interview loop.

review queue

Packets ready to inspect.

2ready

Employers only open packets after customer-visible facts receive human verification.

cohort signal

See the trial window at a glance.

Founders can check attempts, connects, and packet state before opening a candidate snapshot. The chart reports activity and does not evaluate people.

attempts

78

connects

13

ready

2

MonToday

packet state

Ready for review.

Required activity, source links, and human verification are present. Missing sources remain visible as limitations.

Human verificationcomplete
Source linkspresent
Limitationsstated
employer makes the call
05 — the math of one hire

Four hours of founder time, or fifteen minutes?

Today

Five rounds of interviews

  • Resume screen30 min
  • Recruiter call30 min
  • Manager screen45 min
  • Mock-call interview60 min
  • Team interview60 min
4hr

founder time per hire — and 40% wash out within 90 days.

With CallTrial

One paid call trial

  • Define rubric5 min
  • Send call trial0 min
  • Candidate works (paid)90 min*
  • Review performance report15 min
15min

founder time per hire — on the candidate's real work, not their interview persona.

* candidate is paid for the trial · we handle scheduling and lead lists

Interviews describe past work. A paid trial creates work you can inspect directly.

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