Hi!

I have 20 years of software development experience, building apps, games and using + extending agentic tools.

You can find examples on my personal site and Github:

• soleone.xyz
• github.com/Soleone

I’d love to connect with one or two builders to hang out on Discord, share what we’re working on, bounce ideas around, and help each other with our own projects.

I’m also interested in mentoring someone earlier in their development journey. If you’re building something you care Show more

Hi!

I have 20 years of software development experience, building apps, games and using + extending agentic tools.

You can find examples on my personal site and Github:

• soleone.xyz
• github.com/Soleone

I’d love to connect with one or two builders to hang out on Discord, share what we’re working on, bounce ideas around, and help each other with our own projects.

I’m also interested in mentoring someone earlier in their development journey. If you’re building something you care about, I’d enjoy helping you think through technical decisions, get unstuck, and grow your skills along the way.

Say hi and tell me what you’re building or interested in learning!

Hey everyone! 👋

I’m building TestnHire, an online talent assessment platform that helps recruiters and businesses evaluate candidates based on their skills before making hiring decisions.

The platform offers online skill assessments, technical and coding tests, cognitive and behavioral assessments, candidate screening, proctoring, and performance insights to help hiring teams make more informed decisions.

My goal is to make hiring more skill-focused and help businesses Show more

Hey everyone! 👋

I’m building TestnHire, an online talent assessment platform that helps recruiters and businesses evaluate candidates based on their skills before making hiring decisions.

The platform offers online skill assessments, technical and coding tests, cognitive and behavioral assessments, candidate screening, proctoring, and performance insights to help hiring teams make more informed decisions.

My goal is to make hiring more skill-focused and help businesses spend less time sorting through applications and more time identifying candidates who are right for the role.

One thing I’m learning is that building a useful product is only part of the journey. Reaching the right audience, understanding recruiters’ actual challenges, and earning users’ trust are just as important.

I joined this community to connect with founders and builders, share ideas, learn from others’ experiences, and get honest feedback that can help us improve.

Here’s what I’d love your feedback on:

If you’re a recruiter, HR professional, or founder who hires people, what is one thing you would improve about the candidate assessment process? And what would make you more likely to try a platform like TestnHire?

I’d genuinely appreciate your thoughts. I’m also happy to check out what you’re building and share thoughtful feedback in return.

Project: testnhire.com/

Looking forward to connecting with everyone and learning together! 🚀

Heya Abhishek, welcome to Commune! 👋 I think you’re right that distribution and positioning become the harder problem pretty quickly once the product itself is working.

My first impression is that PDFly XO does a lot, which is useful, but that might also make it harder for a new visitor to immediately understand the main reason to use it. I’d probably experiment with leading much harder with one or two of your strongest use cases, then let the broader toolbox reveal Show more

Heya Abhishek, welcome to Commune! 👋 I think you’re right that distribution and positioning become the harder problem pretty quickly once the product itself is working.

My first impression is that PDFly XO does a lot, which is useful, but that might also make it harder for a new visitor to immediately understand the main reason to use it. I’d probably experiment with leading much harder with one or two of your strongest use cases, then let the broader toolbox reveal itself after that.

Another thought is that you’ll be competing with lots of similar tools, so I think it’d be worth starting on SEO early too. A blog around relevant search terms and building some backlinks through directories could help over the long run, especially since your DR is currently 0.

Also curious, which feature is actually getting the most usage so far?

Heya Tamil, welcome to Commune, glad to have you on board here! 👋

Kiiwi sounds like a pretty fun idea, especially using recordings of real switches rather than synthesized sounds.

On the pricing, I actually think $4.99 for the first 100 customers and then moving to $6.99 feels pretty reasonable, but I think it also depends on what your other competitors are charging in this space and how you compare with them. In terms of the price jump itself, I think it is fine - it Show more

Heya Tamil, welcome to Commune, glad to have you on board here! 👋

Kiiwi sounds like a pretty fun idea, especially using recordings of real switches rather than synthesized sounds.

On the pricing, I actually think $4.99 for the first 100 customers and then moving to $6.99 feels pretty reasonable, but I think it also depends on what your other competitors are charging in this space and how you compare with them. In terms of the price jump itself, I think it is fine - it helps gives people a small incentive to jump in, while the increase isn’t so big that it should feel jarring later.

Good luck with the launch next week! Would be interesting to hear how those first 100 customers come in too 😄

Am also interested to hear more about the automation systems you've setup and how you optimise your workflow with Claude Code setups and other automations etc!