Frequently Asked Questions

Welocity is an AI-native talent delivery platform. You send us a role, we find, interview and vet the candidates, and hand you a short list of people worth your time. You only pay when someone joins.

Octo is not a chatbot. Octo is our AI interviewer. Octo runs structured video interviews in over 25 languages, probes the answers the way a good technical interviewer would, and comes back with an in-depth technical analysis: what the candidate actually knows, where they're strong, where they're stretching, and how they compare with the others for the same role. Every candidate is scored the same way, so you're comparing like with like.

Octo doesn't hire anyone. Your team does, with far more to go on than a CV. Octo is patent pending, and we publish how it's tested for bias.

Legitimate channels only. Candidates apply to us directly, we source across the major Indian job boards and LinkedIn, we work with recruiter partners, and we get referrals from people we've placed. Every candidate knows they're talking to Welocity and has agreed to be put forward.

The pool is deep because the group behind Welocity has been doing this for 28 years. Over 27,000 alumni have been placed through us, more than 2,000 engineers are on our payroll today working on contract with our clients, and millions of people have applied to us over the years. That history is where the first shortlist comes from.

Everyone we send has opted in and has spoken to Octo about the role. Nobody is surprised to hear from you. You're meeting people who know the brief, know the salary band, and have already answered the hard questions once.

Yes, for a confirmed brief. A live, interview-ready shortlist within two working days is the promise, and Hello to Hired in 48 hours is the trademark. For common engineering, data and GTM roles, offers are signed inside a week. For genuinely niche or leadership roles we'll tell you upfront that it'll take longer, rather than pretend.

We don't flood you with CVs. For one role you get four or five people, top matched on what the role actually needs, not on keywords. Each of them has been interviewed by Octo, put through a deep technical assessment, and live face-checked so the person who joins is the person who interviewed. All of it with the candidate's consent.

If those four or five aren't right, tell us. The AI keeps running until we find the match, and you're not charged for shortlists, only for joins. A miss costs you a day, not money.

The first-round screening your team is doing by hand. Keep your ATS; Welocity sits in front of it and feeds it interviewed candidates. Most clients end up interviewing a third of the people they used to, and hiring more of them. Whether you keep the agencies is up to you; several use us alongside them for the roles that have gone stale.

Engineering, data and AI, DevOps and cloud, product and design, sales and GTM, and the operations roles that keep a company running. Permanent and contract, junior to leadership. If it's a role a growing company in India hires for, we've filled it.

When the candidate joins. Not when you see a shortlist, not when you make an offer, not when they accept. No retainer, no subscription, no setup fee. If someone accepts and doesn't turn up on day one, you owe nothing.

Every permanent hire comes with a replacement guarantee. If they leave or you let them go inside the guarantee period, we replace them at no additional fee. Our standard is 90 days and it's written into your agreement.

No. Never. Candidates don't pay to talk to Octo, don't pay to be introduced to you, and don't pay when they're hired.

Recruiters are our delivery partners, not our competition. What's different is the first half of the process: sourcing and first-round interviews are done by Octo at scale, so the humans on our side spend their time on the judgement calls, the offer and the notice period. That's why the shortlist arrives in two days instead of two weeks.

No. One role is fine. If you're hiring in double digits a quarter or building a whole team, there's a bundled rate, but nobody has to ask for it before they've seen a shortlist.

We do contract staff too, billed monthly on the contractor's rate plus our service fee. We're the employer of record, so payroll, PF, ESI and Contract Labour Act compliance sit with us. Want to convert a contractor to permanent later? There's a conversion fee that's lower than a fresh placement fee, and you'll know it before you start.

NetConnect Private Limited, Bengaluru. Welocity is our AI-native talent delivery brand. 28 years in enterprise IT staffing.

A percentage of fixed annual CTC as stated in the offer letter, exclusive of variable pay, ESOPs and joining bonuses. The percentage depends on role, level and volume; standard rates are on the pricing page. Invoiced on date of joining, 30 days payment terms, GST shown separately.

Sourcing, Octo interviews, Numa behavioural assessment, basic background verification (Aadhaar, PAN, UAN), offer management and joining follow-through. Extended checks (criminal, address, drug screening) are available through partners at cost, with the candidate's written consent.

Time and materials, monthly invoice, one MSA covering all contractors. We hold statutory compliance on our side; you extend your workplace policies, including POSH, to contractors on your premises. The split is spelled out in the MSA.

Clear notice and consent, purpose-limited to the roles in play, stored in India on AWS Mumbai, deleted on request. We're the data fiduciary for our own talent pool and your processor for the roles you post. The Data Processing Agreement is ready to sign.

Nobody is rejected solely on an automated score. Candidates are told upfront that Octo is an AI. A human alternative is always available. Octo is tested for bias and the AI Ethics Policy is public.

Independent VAPT complete, continuous compliance programme, vendor security questionnaires answered. GCC onboarding is a large part of what we do, so this is usually quick.

Yours or ours.