Canscreen.io – AI-Powered Candidate Screening Platform

Role: Idea Author & Technical Product Manager (via SABAH.HUB)

Timeline: Oct 2023 – May 2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan

As part of SABAH.HUB’s venture studio, I authored the idea for Canscreen.io and led its early-stage development — from identifying hiring inefficiencies to building the MVP and preparing the venture for fundraising.

• Problem:
  • Traditional recruitment wasted significant time and resources: 300+ CVs/day, less than 8 seconds per CV, 50% candidate no-shows, and ~6 hours wasted per hire.
  • ATS systems mainly filtered for keywords and hard skills, failing to capture cultural compatibility or soft-skill alignment.
  • Companies lacked an efficient, unbiased, and scalable way to pre-screen candidates.
• Solution:
  • Ideated Canscreen.io as an AI-powered asynchronous video interviewing platform.
  • Developed the MVP in 4 months, releasing prototypes, beta tests, and pre-sales.
  • Designed customizable algorithms analyzing both verbal and non-verbal cues, enabling fairer and faster candidate scoring — including insights into cultural and behavioral fit.
  • Defined pricing models and market entry strategy for mass-hiring companies in CIS and MENA.
• Impact:
  • Secured $200K pre-seed funding (Aloqa Venture & SABAH.fund).
  • Built a sales pipeline that acquired 15 enterprise clients, generating $15,000 MRR.
  • Positioned the startup with a clear roadmap, aiming for $120K ARR by the end of the year.

Skills applied: ideation, product strategy, MVP development, AI product conceptualization, fundraising, go-to-market strategy, B2B SaaS pipeline building, stakeholder management, Agile delivery.