Screening
The top 2%
We say 'top 2%' because that's the actual number, the percentage of applicants that finish our six-stage funnel and end up on the bench.
Candidate registration
Profile review and credential verification.
First contact call
Communication, English fluency, motivation, baseline experience.
Technical screening
Take-home or structured exercise scoped to the candidate's claimed stack.
Technical interview
Deep-dive with a senior engineer on architecture, trade-offs, and past projects.
Live pairing session
90-minute realistic problem solved together. The hardest gate.
On the bench
Active, available, ready to interview with you in 24 hours.
The top-2% standard isn't new. It's how Density Labs has hired engineers for the past 10 years. Same bar, same process, productized and put on a 14-day clock.