Mindely, an innovative startup, is transforming how interviews are conducted, effectively tackling the challenges of high volume high turnover white corporate jobs. As the first generative AI (GenAI) interviewer capable of handling business case and role-play interviews, Mindely is setting new standards in the recruitment industry.
What sets Mindely apart is its scalability. Before Mindely, AI in recruitment was mostly confined to screening interviews with preset questions. However, Mindely's founders --- Joseph Thalinjan, Alix Maurin, Sasha Collin, and Clément Nguyen --- saw an opportunity to create a more dynamic solution to address the need of advanced interview rounds.
Using Large Language Models technology, Mindely establishes a new benchmark for AI-driven interviews. It can reason, adapt its responses in real-time, and engage in natural, unscripted conversations. This capability addresses key challenges in recruitment, such as the limited availability of human interviewers and evaluation variability in interview quality.
Here's how Mindely is changing the recruitment landscape:
- Streamlining the Interview Process: Mindely can handle the advanced rounds of interviews, reducing the burden on senior managers and above
- Ensuring Fairness and Objectivity: Unlike traditional methods that might focus narrowly on specific skills, Mindely ensures a fair selection process by generating an unbiased profile of each candidate.
Mindely, available 24/7, was founded by 4 co-founders:
Joseph, CEO, holds a double master's degree from CentraleSupelec Engineering School and ESCP Business School, both in the top 3 schools of France. After graduation he started working at CVA in Dubai as a consultant, and finally joined McKinsey France where he worked for 3 years. He participated in 10+ projects, refining the strategy of large tech corporations.
Alix, COO, holds a master's degree from ESSEC Business School, among the top 3 schools in France. She interned at Amazon, then worked at Uber as Operations & Strategy Coordinator across EMEA and contributed to improve their CSAT by 10% in 2 months. Finally, she joined McKinsey France as a consultant, mainly working for Fintech.
Sasha, CTO, holds a double master's degree in computer science and mathematics from Ecole Normal Superieur (MVA) and Harvard. He worked as a data scientist at McKinsey France (Quantum Black division) for 3 years and was part of the development team of McKinsey's internal ChatGPT. During his research position at Harvard, he published 10+ articles.
Clement, Head of Engineering, holds a double master's degree in both Computer Science and Mathematics from Ecole Normal Superieur (MVA). He worked as a lead Software Engineer at Rakuten for 3 years. Before he worked as a Research Scholar in Cognitive Machine Learning.
Mindely caught the attention of the famous Y Combinator startup accelerator. The co-founders participated in the summer 2024 batch, a 3-month program to accelerate the development of the company. Y Combinator has accelerated many famous startups like Airbnb, Coinbase, Twitch, Stripe...
Mindely has already proven its value. Soon after its debut, a major consulting firm in Paris began testing the platform. Mindely's team is advanced talks with consulting firms in the U.S. and France, eager to leverage the platform's revolutionary capabilities.
The co-founders of Mindely remain committed to pushing boundaries. They continue to refine and expand the platform's capabilities and are exploring new applications for AI across various sectors, aiming to drive innovation and foster personal and professional growth in the tech world.
Published by Joanne Reisig, Journalist.