Recruitment - Permanent Hiring

    Permanent Recruitment & Direct Hire in India

    Mid-to-senior lateral hiring across engineering, AI, product, finance, sales and operations - sourced through a research-led process and backed by replacement guarantees.

    21 days

    Median time-to-offer

    92%

    Offer-to-join ratio

    90 days

    Replacement guarantee

    6 cities

    Pan-India coverage

    Permanent hiring decides how your team performs for the next 3 to 5 years. We run a research-led mandate process - market mapping, structured interviewing and reference-driven shortlists - so every offer rolled out has a high chance of closing and staying.

    Why permanent hiring needs a specialist partner

    Mid-to-senior mandates need a specific motion: deep market mapping, confidential outreach, structured assessment and a tight closing process. That is what we build every permanent search around.

    NeoIntelli runs permanent mandates as dedicated research-led searches. Each role gets a mapped market, a named target list and a recruiter who owns it end-to-end, so you see calibrated shortlists in days.

    What we deliver on every mandate

    01

    Mandate kickoff & calibration

    Role brief, scorecard, target company list, comp band and interview panel locked in week one.

    02

    Market mapping

    Named long-list across competitor and adjacent companies with current title, tenure and reachability.

    03

    Confidential outreach

    Recruiter-led outbound across professional networks, referrals and our private network - no public job ads unless you want them.

    04

    Structured assessment

    Technical screens, case studies and behavioural interviews mapped to your scorecard.

    05

    Offer management & closing

    Comp benchmarking, counter-offer handling, reference checks and joining support.

    06

    Post-join check-ins

    30-60-90 day check-ins with candidate and hiring manager, plus 90-day replacement guarantee.

    Our 5-step search process

    01

    Calibrate

    Detailed intake with the hiring manager, scorecard, must-haves vs nice-to-haves, comp band and target companies.

    02

    Map

    Build a named long-list of 80-150 candidates across competitor and adjacent firms in your priority cities.

    03

    Engage

    Confidential outreach, qualifying conversations and recruiter-led screening to a shortlist of 4 to 6.

    04

    Assess & present

    Structured assessment, written shortlist with rationale, and panel interview coordination.

    05

    Close & onboard

    Comp negotiation, reference checks, offer rollout, BGV coordination and joining follow-through.

    Common permanent-hiring mistakes we help you avoid

    Over-reliance on inbound applications

    Many of the strongest candidates for a senior role are not actively applying. Without outbound mapping, you only see the ones who are.

    Unclear scorecards

    Roles defined as JDs - not scorecards - lead to inconsistent interview signal and weak hiring decisions.

    Slow loops

    Interview cycles longer than 3 weeks lose top candidates to faster competitors, especially in tech and AI.

    Comp benchmarking from old data

    India comp bands have shifted sharply in AI, data and product engineering - using 12-month-old benchmarks costs you offers.

    What success looks like

    Calibrated shortlist within 7-10 business days of mandate signoff

    Median time-to-offer of 21 days for mid-to-senior roles

    Offer-to-join ratio above 90% via structured closing

    First-year retention above 85% on hires we place

    Transparent weekly tracker with pipeline metrics and feedback loops

    90-day replacement guarantee on every permanent hire

    Frequently asked questions

    How does your permanent recruitment process work?

    We run mandate-led searches with one recruiter per 5-7 active roles, named market mapping and structured assessment against your scorecard - a research-led model rather than a transactional one.

    Do you charge a retainer or contingent fee?

    Both. Most mid-level roles are contingent, with the fee payable on joining and charged as a percentage of first-year CTC. Senior and confidential mandates are typically retained, across a three-stage milestone structure. Rates depend on role seniority, volume and search difficulty, so contact us for pricing - agreed in the MSA.

    What is your replacement guarantee?

    90 days from join date. If the hire leaves voluntarily or is let go for performance, we replace at no additional fee.

    Which cities do you cover?

    Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi NCR (Gurgaon and Noida), Pune and Chennai - covering 95% of India's enterprise hiring demand.

    Can you handle confidential or backfill mandates?

    Yes. Many of our senior searches are confidential where we engage candidates without naming the client until shortlist stage.

    How fast can you start?

    Mandate kickoff within 48 hours of signoff. First calibrated shortlist within 7-10 business days.