Hi HN,

I built a SaaS for employees at tech companies that run referral bonus programs.

The problem In many companies, the public job description is incomplete. There are always “hidden” requirements that aren’t written down (e.g. frontend: must be strong with SvelteKit; ML: must know ONNX Runtime).

Today, if you’re an employee trying to refer someone, the workflow is painful:

Open the resume, read through it.

If it looks somewhat promising, copy their email.

Write a custom message asking about those unwritten requirements.

Wait hours or days for a reply.

Finally decide if you’ll forward the candidate to HR.

This is repetitive and slow.

Why I built it A few months ago, my department suddenly needed to hire 50 people in just six months. To encourage referrals, they offered a bonus after each hire stayed for three months.

Motivated by the chance to earn as many bonuses as possible, I started hustling: posting on every social media channel I had access to, reaching out to dozens of candidates daily. But soon the nightmare began—I had to spend 2 hours every workday sending the same set of repetitive questions to 50–100 candidates (e.g. details about their past tech stack).

You might ask: why not just update the official job description? Well, that wasn’t an option. The company’s HR team controlled a set of standardized templates used across the whole organization. Each business unit had its own specific needs, but HR, for system and compliance reasons, didn’t allow us to change the public job postings. So we were stuck.

After months of this grind, I snapped. I decided to build a web tool to automate the process. The idea was simple: combine AI, batch task tracking, and Gmail API into a workflow that takes the drudgery out of referrals. That prototype eventually evolved into the product I’m sharing today.

The solution With my tool, you first create a role and enter both the official job requirements and your company’s unspoken requirements. Then you can upload a batch of resumes:

Candidates who clearly don’t meet the basics are filtered out automatically.

For the rest, the system generates a short, personalized form covering those hidden requirements.

Candidates receive the form via your Gmail/Google Workspace Mail, and you can track their progress in one place.

At the end, you get a ranked shortlist that’s ready to send to HR.

Why try it Automates the tedious Q&A loop.

Makes referrals faster and more accurate.

Helps you maximize your chances of earning the referral bonus.

Product link: https://talentlumia.com

I’d love feedback, especially from people who have actually done referrals at their company. Does this workflow save you time?

Thanks!

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