Case Study
crescentHow Crescent filled its engineering and sales roles in 3 weeks
Crescent, a high-yield business banking platform, needed to hire on two fronts at once — a software engineer to keep shipping product and an Account Executive to drive growth — without running two separate searches out of its small founding team. Recruitcha delivered both hires in three weeks.
3 Weeks
Time to hire
1
Software engineer placed
1
Account Executive placed
“Recruitcha found us exceptional engineers who fit our culture from day one. Highly recommend.”
- Industry
- Fintech — high-yield business banking & treasury management
- Hiring manager
- Grant R., Founder & CEO
- Roles hired
- Software Engineer, Account Executive
- Website
- getcrescent.com
Challenge
Crescent needed to hire for product and growth at the same time, without splitting its founders' attention.
Crescent gives businesses a high-yield checking account, expanded FDIC coverage through its bank network, and tools for payments, spend controls, and treasury management. Competing with both traditional banks and other fintechs meant the company needed to keep shipping product while also building out the sales muscle to bring in new business.
That put two different hires on the critical path at once: a software engineer to keep the platform moving, and an Account Executive to drive revenue. Running both searches internally, in parallel, on top of building the company was more than Crescent's small founding team could take on alone.
Solution
Recruitcha ran both searches in parallel, screening for role-specific fit on each track.
Recruitcha sourced and screened candidates for both roles at the same time — evaluating engineers for real product-shipping experience, and Account Executive candidates for B2B sales fundamentals like pipeline management and closing. Each candidate was screened for role alignment and culture fit before being introduced, so Crescent's team reviewed a focused shortlist for each role instead of two open-ended pipelines.
Results
Crescent filled both open roles in 3 weeks.
- Fast, parallel time-to-hire. Both the Software Engineer and Account Executive searches closed in 3 weeks, keeping Crescent's product and go-to-market plans on schedule.
- Strong culture fit. The engineering hire fit Crescent's team and working style from day one, according to Founder & CEO Grant R.
- One partner, two roles. One recruiting partner ran both searches, so Crescent's founding team didn't have to manage two separate agency relationships.
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