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You shouldn't have to hire someone to find out how they work.

Today, you use CVs, interviews, tests and references to piece together the answer.

Today's hiring process tries to piece together the answer.

TODAY'S HIRING PROCESS
CV
Interview
Skills test
Case study
References

From separate steps in your process.

SAME CANDIDATE

WITH NETSA

Work shaped around what matters in the role

WHAT HAPPENS

Manager needs an updatebefore a meeting

WHAT THEY DO

Shares the key update earlyand sets expectations

WHAT YOU CAN SEE

CommunicationOwnershipDecision-making

WHAT HAPPENS

Teammate is blockedby missing information

WHAT THEY DO

Unblocks them and alignson next steps

WHAT YOU CAN SEE

CommunicationOwnershipPrioritisation

WHAT HAPPENS

Customer changesthe scope

WHAT THEY DO

Clarifies impact andproposes a new plan

WHAT YOU CAN SEE

CommunicationDecision-makingOwnership

WHAT HAPPENS

New informationchanges the plan

WHAT THEY DO

Re-prioritises and updatesthe team

WHAT YOU CAN SEE

PrioritisationDecision-makingCommunication

WHAT HAPPENS

Something escalatesunexpectedly

WHAT THEY DO

Pulls in the right personand keeps things moving

WHAT YOU CAN SEE

OwnershipDecision-makingCommunication

WHAT HAPPENS

No one is clearlyowning this

WHAT THEY DO

Steps in, takes it forwardand sees it through

WHAT YOU CAN SEE

OwnershipDecision-makingPrioritisation

Observed across real work. Many situations. Many interactions. All connected.

DIRECT

You see what they actually do, not just what they say.

RICHER

Behaviour shows up across situations, stakeholders and trade-offs.

CONTEXTUAL

The work reflects the role, team and environment they would actually enter.

Fewer interview rounds spent trying to find out.

TODAY'S HIRING PROCESS
CVClaims andpast experience
InterviewAnswers, storiesand impression
Skills testIsolated skills(if tested)
Case studyApproach to onespecific problem
ReferencesSomeone else'sperspective

From separate steps in your process.

SAME CANDIDATE

WITH NETSA

Work shaped around what matters in the role

WHAT HAPPENS

Real work happens

WHAT THEY DO

How they responded

WHAT YOU CAN SEE

Across different parts of the work

Manager needs an updatebefore a meeting
Shares the key update earlyand sets expectations
CommunicationOwnershipDecision-making
Teammate is blockedby missing information
Unblocks them and alignson next steps
CommunicationOwnershipPrioritisation
Customer changesthe scope
Clarifies impact andproposes a new plan
CommunicationDecision-makingOwnership
New informationchanges the plan
Re-prioritises and updatesthe team
PrioritisationDecision-makingCommunication
Something escalatesunexpectedly
Pulls in the right personand keeps things moving
OwnershipDecision-makingCommunication
No one is clearlyowning this
Steps in, takes it forwardand sees it through
OwnershipDecision-makingPrioritisation

Observed across real work. Many situations. Many interactions. All connected.

DIRECT

You see what they actually do,
not just what they say.

RICHER

Behaviour shows up across situations,
stakeholders and trade-offs.

CONTEXTUAL

The work reflects the role, team and
environment they would actually enter.

Fewer interview rounds spent trying to find out.

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Work is a system.

Hiring still tests it in pieces.

The things you want to understand about somebody do not happen on their own. They affect each other.

PrioritisationCommunication

If you decide something can wait, someone needs to hear about it.

OwnershipDecision-making

Taking something on is a decision about what it will cost.

Decision-makingPrioritisation

New information changes the decision and the order at the same time.

A working day where choices have consequences.

Operational Day · Account Management

Coming in

Manager

Which of your accounts are at risk?

Presenting it this afternoon

Customer

Their invoices have failed twice. Nobody has replied.

Third time they have asked

Teammate

Can you check the discount I quoted before this goes out?

Sending it today

Open · from your manager

Which of your accounts are at risk?

I'm presenting the commercial review this afternoon and I need to know where each account stands. If one is at risk, I need to know before I present it, not after.

Information · incomplete

The renewal you were about to report as safe

Renews in3 weeks
Agreed discountExpired last month
Signed by the customerNever returned

Own work

Already promised to somebody else today

Renewal proposal for tomorrow's customer call

Promised to the customer

Churn numbers finance asked for

Due today

Fix the pricing records nobody trusts

Carried over twice

The failing invoice export

Nobody owns it

Already due

Fixed points you can't move

Commercial review · you present

Team stand-up

Assistant

Available, the same way it is in the real job.

Turn a complex working day into patterns a recruiter can actually use.

AM

Account Management

Work Report · from one working day

Pattern

Keeps people informed before they have to ask.

What we observed

When timing or information changed, they updated the people affected rather than waiting for them to follow up.

What came with it

Customers and teammates knew where things stood. Some updates went out before every detail was confirmed.

Told the manager one account was at risk before the review started

Went back to the customer while the invoice problem was still open

Flagged the missing signature to the person who owns it

Answered the teammate before the discount question was settled

Worth checking in the interview

How do they decide when to communicate early and when to wait until they know more?

Pattern

Takes on work that would otherwise get stuck.

What we observed

When something had no clear owner, they stepped in, found who could move it forward and followed it through.

What came with it

Problems moved faster. Their own commitments started slipping when they kept doing it.

Took on the invoice problem nobody owned

Passed it to the team that could fix it, then checked it had moved

Two things promised for that day moved to later

Worth checking in the interview

How do they decide what to take on themselves and what to leave with someone else?

Pattern

Their own priorities moved when they took on work for others.

What we observed

They stepped into work that needed moving. As more of it came their way, some of what they had planned for the day went later.

What came with it

Other work kept moving. Their own commitments came under pressure.

The renewal proposal promised for tomorrow's call moved to the afternoon

Finance's churn numbers, due that day, went to the following morning

The pricing records carried over for a third time

Worth checking in the interview

How do they decide when to take work on and when to protect what they had already committed to?

Netsa shows you what happened. You decide what it means for your team.

Real run. Names, products and regions removed.

Stop spending interviews asking people

to describe how they work.

You've already seen some of it. Use the interview to understand why they made those choices, what they want next, and how they'd work with your team.

Candidates get something useful back.

Feedback on how they worked, and a real look at the job they're considering.

A useful read on how you worked

You tended to keep people updated before they had to ask, even when every detail wasn't confirmed yet.

That helped people around you know where things stood, but sometimes meant communicating before you had the full picture.

Something to think about

When is it better to update someone early, and when is it worth waiting until you know more?

A real look at the job

Because the day is built around how the team actually works, candidates also get to see what the role asks of them: who they'll depend on, what competes for their attention, and the kinds of choices they'll have to make.

How it works

Netsa fits after initial screening and before the interviews where you make the decision, adding direct evidence from the work to what you already know.

01

Tell us about the role

We learn how the work actually runs in your team.

02

Candidates step into the work

They work through a realistic day using the tools and information available.

03

You get the Work Report

Patterns from the work, the evidence behind them, and questions to take into the interview.

Built to support the decision, not make it.

Behaviour, not personality

Netsa observes what candidates do in the work. It doesn't infer personality traits from it.

Evidence, not a verdict

No automated hiring decision and no universal candidate score. The recruiter decides what the observed patterns mean for the role and team.

Connected to the work

What appears in the Work Report has to trace back to what actually happened during the day.

AI doesn't make the decision

AI helps turn what happened into a readable report. Unsupported claims are removed, and the hiring decision remains with the employer.

Common questions

What does a candidate actually do?

They work through a realistic day for the role: messages, tasks, documents, deadlines, and people asking them for things at the same time.

How long does it take?

About thirty minutes. Nothing to prepare.

Do you score or rank candidates?

No. You get the patterns we saw, what came with them, the evidence behind them, and questions to ask in the interview.

Is this a personality test?

No. It looks at what somebody did in the work. It says nothing about their personality.

What is the candidate experience?

One link, no account to create and nothing to prepare. They get feedback either way.

Can candidates use AI?

Yes. If AI is available in the real job, removing it from the simulation would make the work less realistic. Netsa is interested in how someone uses the tools available to them: what they delegate, what they verify, what they trust, and what they still decide themselves.

What do you need from us?

The role you're hiring for and a short conversation about how the work actually operates: what competes for attention, who depends on whom, what cannot be allowed to slip, and where good people tend to make different choices.

You only found out what made your best people good after you hired them.

See it before you hire the next one.

Bring real work into your hiring process.

Built around your roleAbout 30 minutes for candidatesNo automated hiring decision