How AI works here

Traditional recruitment craft, amplified by AI.

We haven't replaced our recruiters with bots. We've given them better tools across the entire recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing to shortlist to offer, so they can focus on judgment calls, hiring manager relationships, and the conversations that actually close hires.

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AI-powered candidate discovery

Our AI scans our proprietary candidate database plus live market sources, ranking matches against your exact requirements with explainable reasoning. You see the top 10 ranked profiles in hours, not weeks. The same AI hiring intelligence powers every executive search and specialist mandate.

02

Human judgment at every step

AI shortlists. Our senior recruiters engage. Every candidate you meet has been personally screened, interviewed, and vetted by a recruiter who has been hiring in your sector for years. AI handles the volume; humans make the calls that matter.

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Structured, defensible decisions

AI-generated interview frameworks, scoring rubrics, and structured assessments tailored to each role. Your hiring managers get reports, rankings, and reasoning, not gut feelings, so every hiring decision can be defended and audited.

04

Full pipeline visibility

A live recruitment dashboard for every mandate showing shortlist status, interviews scheduled, offers extended, and predicted time-to-close. No more "can you send me an update" emails. Real-time analytics on your entire hiring funnel.

What we do

Recruitment services for every level.

Four core recruitment offerings, each backed by ten years of placement expertise and AI-powered candidate intelligence. From CXO executive search to high-volume RPO engagements, we tailor our approach to the role, the urgency, and the hiring volume.

Mid-Management Recruitment

AI-accelerated hiring for Manager to Director level roles. Our AI surfaces 30 to 50 strong matches in 72 hours, and our recruiters deliver a vetted shortlist of 5 to 8 within 7 days. The most popular service for fast-growing companies.

Specialist Hiring

Niche and hard-to-find roles where domain depth matters. From regulatory affairs scientists to embedded systems engineers to plant heads with greenfield experience. We map the universe, not just the LinkedIn surface.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Embedded recruiters and our AI hiring platform inside your team for 6 to 24 month engagements. Designed for companies hiring 20+ roles per quarter, scaling rapidly, or building out a new business unit. We become an extension of your TA function.

Why Prompt

Built on a decade of recruitment craft.

Four foundations that make us different from typical recruitment agencies — and why India's top companies trust us with their most critical hires.

20,000+

Placements across India

A decade of mandates closed across executive search, mid-management, and specialist hiring. Every recruiter on our team has placed hundreds of candidates in their sector.

14d

Average time to shortlist

From mandate kickoff to a vetted shortlist of 5 to 8 candidates. AI-accelerated mid-management mandates can deliver in 7 days. Faster than any traditional Indian recruitment agency.

95%

Client retention rate

Companies that hire with us once, hire with us again. We measure success by long-term partnerships, not one-off transactions. Most clients have worked with us for 5+ years.

3mo

Replacement guarantee

Standard 90-day guarantee on contingent placements.

Our process

From mandate to offer, in weeks.

A typical mid-management mandate closes in 30 to 45 days. Executive search and CXO mandates take 45 to 60 days. Specialist hires depend on rarity. Here's exactly how we structure every recruitment engagement.

Phase 01. Week 1

Mandate, calibration, and market mapping

We meet with you and the hiring manager to understand the role, team, culture, comp band, and must-have signals. Our recruiters then build a target candidate map, benchmark compensation against current market data, and lock the outreach strategy before sourcing begins.

Phase 02. Week 1 to 2

AI shortlist and human vetting

Our AI surfaces 30 to 50 strong matches from our database plus the live market, with explainable reasoning on every rank. Our senior recruiters then engage, screen, and interview the strongest 15 to 20 candidates, run reference checks on finalists, and curate a shortlist of 5 to 8 vetted candidates with scorecards.

Phase 03. Week 3 to 6

Interviews, offer, and close

We coordinate the entire interview process, manage candidate communication, run a live hiring dashboard with real-time pipeline status, handle offer negotiation and counter-offers, and stay engaged through joining and the first 90 days.

Industries & locations

Deep coverage across India's hiring map.

We've built sector depth and geographic density over a decade of placements. Here's where our recruiters work, and what they specialise in.

Industries we serve

Specialist recruiters across five core sectors

Each industry vertical is led by a senior recruiter with five or more years of in-sector hiring experience, supported by candidate networks built over thousands of placements.

IT & SaaS Pharma & Healthcare Manufacturing BFSI Retail & E-commerce & sectors beyond
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Cities we hire across

National coverage with metro depth

Our recruiters operate across India's hiring belts, with the deepest density in the top six metros. We also place into tier-1 manufacturing hubs across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka.

Bangalore Mumbai Delhi NCR Pune Hyderabad Chennai Kolkata Ahmedabad & cities beyond
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Frequently asked

Questions about our recruitment services.

Common questions from hiring leaders, founders, and HR teams considering Prompt Consultants for their next mandate.

What kind of roles does Prompt Consultants recruit for?
We recruit across executive search (CXO, VP, Head-of), mid-management (Manager to Director), and specialist hiring (engineers, regulatory affairs, plant heads, niche technical roles). Our deep sector experience covers IT and SaaS, Pharma and Healthcare, Manufacturing, and BFSI across India. If your role sits in one of these sectors and is mid-management or above, there's a strong chance we've placed someone like that recently.
Which cities and regions in India do you serve?
We hire across all major Indian metros and tier-1 cities, including Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad. Our network and recruiter coverage is national, with the deepest density in Bangalore (IT and SaaS), Mumbai (BFSI and Pharma), and Delhi NCR (Manufacturing and BFSI). We also place into Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka tier-2 manufacturing belts.
How is AI used in your recruitment process?
AI accelerates the work our recruiters used to do manually. Candidate sourcing across our database and live market, resume parsing at scale, JD-to-profile matching with explainable reasoning, and AI-generated interview frameworks tailored to each role. Our recruiters then apply human judgment on every shortlisted candidate. AI does the heavy lifting on volume and speed; humans make the calls on fit, culture, and signal. We never let AI alone make hiring decisions.
How long does a typical recruitment mandate take?
Mid-management mandates close in 30 to 45 days. Executive search and CXO mandates typically take 45 to 60 days, due to the depth of market mapping and the longer offer-to-joining cycle for senior leaders. Specialist hiring varies based on role rarity, but our average time-to-shortlist across all mandates is 14 days. AI-accelerated mid-management mandates can produce a vetted shortlist in 7 days.
What is the difference between executive search and contingent recruitment?
Executive search is a retained, deeper engagement for senior leadership and CXO roles, with discreet headhunting, market mapping, and a dedicated partner. You pay an upfront retainer plus a success fee on close. Contingent recruitment is success-based with no upfront payment, used for junior to mid-management roles. We offer both, plus a hybrid AI-powered tier specifically designed for mid-management mandates that combines speed with depth.
Do you offer Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)?
Yes. Our RPO service embeds dedicated recruiters and our AI hiring platform inside your team for 6 to 24 month engagements. It's ideal for companies hiring 20+ roles per quarter, scaling a new business unit, or building out a function rapidly. RPO clients get our full AI tooling, dedicated recruiter capacity, and a single point of accountability for hiring outcomes.
What guarantee do you offer on placements?
Standard contingent placements come with a 90-day replacement guarantee.
How do you ensure candidate confidentiality during executive search?
All executive searches are conducted under NDA. We anonymise candidate profiles in early conversations, manage all outreach discreetly through senior partners, and never disclose your hiring plans to the broader market. Confidentiality is the default for all CXO and VP-level mandates. For sensitive replacements (where the incumbent is still in role), we run a fully blind search with both the role and your company name kept confidential until the final stage.

Tell us about the role.

Book a 30-minute call with the team. We'll understand your hiring mandate, ask the right questions about role, team, and timeline, and come back with a clear plan within 24 hours.

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