A good hire starts before the interview

Built for the work.
Matched to your team.

A clear brief. Useful conversations. Shared expectations. Here’s how we shape the working relationship from the first discussion onwards.

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The hiring journey

Clarity at every step.

You stay involved in the decisions. We help connect the requirement, the person and the engagement.

01

Before the search

Get the brief right.

Start with the work your team needs to move forward. We clarify the role, seniority, technical environment and ownership before discussing people.

  • Separate essential skills from skills that can be learned.
  • Agree interview participants and the decisions they own.
  • Capture working-hour overlap, duration and start preference.

What you take forwardA shared role brief and a clear working setup.

02

Evaluation & fit

Look beyond the CV.

Relevant experience is the starting point. Evaluation connects technical thinking, communication and collaboration to the work your team needs to deliver.

  • Review experience against the role and the work.
  • Choose assessment topics that reflect the actual requirement.
  • Prepare questions about decisions, trade-offs and teamwork.

What you take forwardA role-specific evaluation plan.

03

Your interview

Meet. Evaluate. Choose.

You meet relevant people and decide who fits your team. The interview should help both sides understand the work and the working relationship.

  • Discuss examples that connect to your product or platform.
  • Explore how the person communicates decisions and asks questions.
  • Share feedback to refine the requirement and next steps.

What you take forwardYour decision, informed by the conversations that matter.

04

Agreement & onboarding

Make the first day count.

Align the engagement, responsibilities and access before work begins. A useful onboarding plan connects a new person to the people and systems they need.

  • Document scope, commercial terms and reporting relationships.
  • Plan access, confidentiality and security requirements.
  • Identify the first workstream, contacts and feedback points.

What you take forwardAn agreed engagement and a practical onboarding checklist.

05

Ongoing support

Keep the relationship working.

Your team directs embedded work. Divaaco supports the ongoing engagement, with responsibilities and communication agreed around your setup.

  • Establish the right contact and check-in arrangements.
  • Make feedback, changing requirements and concerns visible.
  • Discuss extensions, changes or handover with clear ownership.

What you take forwardA working relationship with defined routes for feedback.

Look for evidence, not just keywords

What a useful evaluation covers.

Technical fit and the way someone works both deserve attention.

01 / Role alignment

Relevant experience

A structured conversation about comparable work, technical decisions and the level of ownership required.

02 / Practical assessment

Technical thinking

A role-specific exercise, code or portfolio review, or technical discussion. The method should fit the work.

03 / Collaboration

Communication

How the person explains decisions, clarifies requirements and works through uncertainty with colleagues.

04 / Your decision

Client evaluation

Your team meets the person, tests the fit and gives feedback before deciding on an engagement.

Assessment integrity

Discuss the thinking behind the work. Follow-up questions about decisions, trade-offs and alternatives help reveal technical judgement and how someone will collaborate with your team.

Planning your start

Make the timeline visible.

Role complexity, evaluation and onboarding all influence the schedule. Agree the milestones, responsibilities and access your team needs for a useful first day.

Shortlisted CVs within 2–5 working days*
Typical resource start within 2–4 weeks*

*Indicative timelines. Actual timing depends on the role, seniority, candidate availability, interviews and onboarding requirements.

Clear responsibilities

Know who manages what before the engagement starts.

Your team leads

  • Priorities and day-to-day direction for embedded specialists
  • Product and technical decisions
  • Access to systems, stakeholders and feedback
  • Acceptance of the work

Divaaco supports

  • Evaluating and arranging the agreed professional or team
  • Onboarding coordination
  • Employment or contract administration where the agreement assigns it to Divaaco
  • Engagement check-ins and relationship support as agreed

We agree together

  • Roles, seniority and scope
  • Working-hour overlap and collaboration tools
  • Security, confidentiality, IP and access requirements
  • Fee basis, inclusions, duration, notice and any delivery-management responsibilities

A UK partner with nearshore and offshore delivery.

Divaaco is a UK-based technology partner providing nearshore and offshore delivery capability. Professionals work remotely within agreed overlap hours, using the tools and ways of working agreed with your team.

A quote you can compare properly.

Pricing depends on the role, seniority, working pattern, duration and level of delivery responsibility. The quote sets out what the fee covers and what is handled separately, so you can assess the engagement against your own requirement.

Before you begin

Questions worth asking.

Pricing & engagement details ↗

Frequently Asked Questions

Who decides which person joins?

You interview and select the person. We help clarify the brief and support the evaluation and introduction process.

Can we use our own technical interview?

Discuss your assessment process at the briefing stage so the interview and evaluation steps can be aligned with the role.

What happens if the brief changes?

Bring the change into the conversation. Skills, ownership, working arrangements and commercial scope should be revisited together.

Who directs day-to-day work?

Your nominated lead directs dedicated specialists and embedded teams. Project delivery has separately agreed scope, acceptance criteria and responsibilities.

How quickly can we start?

Shortlisted CVs within 2–5 working days*. Typical resource start within 2–4 weeks*. Indicative timelines. Actual timing depends on the role, seniority, candidate availability, interviews and onboarding requirements.

Tell us what your team needs next.

We’ll start with the work, the people around it and the best way to move forward.

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