Bafgo

BafGo is a web-based hiring platform built for small and midsize teams that want structured first-round candidate screening without the overhead of a dedicated recruiting team or enterprise software. Operating under the tagline "Hiring Shouldn't Start With a Calendar Invite," the service replaces traditional live phone screens with asynchronous video interviews, letting employers gather signal on candidates before committing to a scheduled call.

The workflow is deliberately simple. A hiring manager creates a single question set — defining prompts, time limits, and retake rules — and shares one universal candidate link through their applicant tracking system, email, or job posting. Candidates record their video responses on their own time, with no app installation or account creation required. The hiring team then reviews submissions on its own schedule, leaving private notes and comparing answers side by side before extending any invitation to a live conversation. The pitch is that every applicant gets the same questions in the same format, producing comparable signal and removing the interviewer variance and scheduling loops that consume hours in traditional pipelines.

BafGo positions itself explicitly as an SMB-focused alternative to enterprise recruiting suites. It markets vertical landing pages for hiring teams and HR, restaurants and hourly staffing, small business owners, real estate, childcare, education, and law practices — contexts where a manager might be juggling 1 to 10 open roles a month without a full HR department. Pricing follows a freemium model: the free tier allows one active campaign at a time, with paid upgrades for teams that need to run multiple campaigns simultaneously.

Privacy and data handling are emphasized as differentiators. Candidate video responses are stored in a self-hosted MinIO bucket rather than a third-party cloud, gated behind short-lived pre-signed URLs, and auto-deleted after 30 days. Passwords are hashed with bcrypt, sessions use HttpOnly JWT cookies, and the site runs no third-party analytics such as Google Analytics or Mixpanel. Notably, the platform does not run candidate videos through any AI model or LLM, and there is no algorithmic scoring or automated summarization — the company frames hiring decisions as belonging to the human reviewer, not an algorithm. A technical overview page acknowledges the company is early stage and does not yet hold SOC 2 certification, with Type I targeted for 2026.

BafGo is operated by Silly Goose Interactive Corp, based in Missouri, USA, and offers free supporting resources including an interview question generator, job description writer, offer letter tool, and a bad-hire cost calculator.