Early-Stage Verification in High-Volume IT Hiring

Large IT services companies and GCCs face persistent challenges in high-volume hiring—overwhelming application volumes, inaccurate resume claims, and verification processes that kick in too late. This often leads to wasted recruiter effort, unproductive interviews, and unexpected compliance risks at the offer stage. To solve this, one of India’s premium IT employers partnered with Gridlines by OnGrid to reposition verification at the very start of the hiring journey. Instead of treating verification as a post-selection formality, the organization embedded identity and employment checks directly into the application workflow. Using OnGrid’s PAN Verification API, candidate identity was validated instantly through PAN OCR. Employment claims were then cross-checked using the Employment Verification API. Only candidates with verified or low-risk profiles progressed further in the funnel—before recruiter deep-dives or interviews. This shift delivered measurable impact: recruiters engaged with a cleaner, more credible candidate pool, shortlisting became faster, and interview bandwidth was used more effectively. At an enterprise level, early verification reduced hiring fraud, strengthened compliance from Day 0, and lowered cost per hire at scale. The takeaway is clear—modern IT hiring is moving from resume-based screening to signal-based, API-led verification. Trust is established before time is invested.