Evidence of how they think
Reasoning captured as they work: problem framing, use of evidence, trade-offs and response to feedback, scored on role-relevant dimensions.
For companies and partners
Every early-career CV looks the same. Arete shows you who can actually do the job.
With around 140 look-alike, AI-polished applications per role, the signal is weaker than ever. Arete runs real projects and captures how each candidate reasons through them, so you get comparable, evidence-backed proof of capability and a shortlist you can trust, with almost no lift from your team.
A recent final was judged by practitioners with McKinsey, EY and Morgan Stanley backgrounds. A global pool from Cambridge, Imperial, Wharton, NUS and more.
The problem
You’re screening more people, more cheaply, with a weaker signal.
Around 140 applicants per graduate vacancy, most AI-polished into the same look, and a short interview is easy to rehearse. The one thing you actually want to know, whether someone can reason through a real problem, is the hardest to see before you hire.
What you get
Judge the thinking, not just the CV.
A shortlist you can trust
Candidates ranked on merit, comparable side by side, with a concise, recruiter-readable pre-read on each one.
Almost no lift
Arete runs everything: promotion, projects, support and validation. Your part can be as light as judging one online final.
A strong global pool
Students from leading UK and international universities, evidenced and ready to review.
How it works
Three steps, and we run the middle one.
Share a challenge
Post a real problem as a brief, or simply judge a hackathon final. We shape it with you.
We run it
Students solve it their own way. Arete captures and human-validates the reasoning throughout, so the evidence is credible, not a raw AI output dump.
You act on evidence
Receive a concise pre-read on the strongest candidates and fast-track whoever you choose.
Ways to engage
Meet talent through real work.
Live now
Judge or co-host a hackathon
Join an online final as a judge, or co-host the event. See an evidenced Top 10 and fast-track standouts when hiring opens.
- Light commitment, about a 90-minute final
- Arete runs everything else
Early access
Partner Projects
Post a real brief and receive evidence-backed candidates matched to it over time, a lower-effort, richer alternative to CV screening.
- Piloting with a small group of companies now
- Shape the pilot around what you are hiring for
Why trust it
Evidence you can defend internally.
Human-validated
Work is supported and checked throughout the project, not just at the end, so the evidence is consistent and credible.
Judged by industry
Recent finals judged by practitioners with McKinsey, EY and Morgan Stanley backgrounds.
Real demand
550+ applications from 6+ countries across 15 leading universities. Demand and interest, not guaranteed hiring outcomes.
Arete gives you stronger signal on emerging talent and fit, not a promise of hiring outcomes.
Tell us what you are hiring for.
Judging or co-hosting a hackathon is available today, and Partner Project pilots are open now. Partner Project pricing is coming soon; let’s shape the right pilot for your team.
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