Hiring challenges Give everyone the same brief and deadline, then hire from what they make. You skip the portfolio reviews, résumé screens and first interviews that take hundreds of hours. Cut a short of 30 to 60 seconds from our latest video. Effort About 3 hours Window 72 hours 1st $500 + job offer Top 10 get personal feedback How a challenge runs . You set it up once. Everyone works inside the same window, and every entry lands in one feed for you to review. VID Raw footage IMG Photos and frames KIT Brand kit 01 Upload the assets Footage, photos, brand files: whatever the job uses day to day. Upload the assets Footage, photos, brand files: whatever the job uses day to day. M T W T F S S $500 1st $250 2nd $100 3rd 02 Set the dates and prizes Pick a start, an end and a prize pool. A few days is typical. Set the dates and prizes Pick a start, an end and a prize pool. A few days is typical. 03 Everyone starts together Everyone gets access to the assets at the same time. Everyone starts together Everyone gets access to the assets at the same time. 04 Review in the feed See every entry back to back and shortlist the ones you like. Review in the feed See every entry back to back and shortlist the ones you like. MR Maya R. Video editor, full-time Offer sent 05 Hire Make an offer to the people you picked. Roster takes no commission. Make an offer to the people you picked. Roster takes no commission. Good for both sides . The team hiring sees real work on its own brief. People who enter get a fair start and a placement they can list on a résumé. Same brief, three entries For the team hiring Skip the screening No portfolio reviews, résumé screens or first interviews. You judge the work itself. Compare like for like Every entrant works from the same brief and files, so you see entries side by side in one feed. Any creative role Video editors are the most common hire. Gannon Meyer hired a thumbnail designer within 6 days. Hire in days Airrack hired full-time within 10 days. Jenny Hoyos hired 2 within 7. Gannon Meyer hired a thumbnail designer within 6. For the people entering There are prizes Prizes go to the top places, and a challenge can end with a job offer. Every entry gets seen The host reviews every submission, so people who don't place can still get noticed. Build credibility Placing in a hiring challenge adds to your credentials, like placing in a case competition or a hackathon. A way in for new talent You don't need years of experience to enter. Your entry is your application.

Challenges that ran on Roster . Airrack, Jenny Hoyos and Gannon Meyer all made their hires within days. Airrack 19.4M subscribers $100K Editing Contest 1st place $2,000 cash and a job opportunity with a salary up to $100K. Jenny Hoyos 12.4M subscribers Best YouTube Shorts Editor The task A short of 30 to 60 seconds from 7 minutes of raw footage. Prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250, plus potential job offers. Gannon Meyer 197K Instagram followers Gannon's Thumbnail Designer Bounty The prize $350 in prizes Set a prize worth the effort . Choose the role and a total prize pool. The preview splits it across the top three places. Short-form editor challenge Cut a short of 30 to 60 seconds from our latest video. Included in Pro and Max . Hiring challenges come with a subscription. You set and pay the prize pool yourself, and Roster takes no commission on the hire. Yearly billing saves up to 20%. 1 hiring challenge per month 2 job posts per month AI job description writer 3 hiring challenges per month 5 job posts per month Alerts when a candidate leaves another team Before you start . Something else? Get in touch . There are prizes for the top places, and a challenge can end with a job offer. The host reviews every entry, so people who don't place can still get noticed. Placing also adds to their credentials, like placing in a case competition or a hackathon. No. It works for any role where you can judge the work: thumbnail designers, scriptwriters, motion designers and more. Video editors are the most common hire. Gannon Meyer hired a thumbnail designer within 6 days. Settle it in your challenge rules, before anyone starts. Our guidance to every host: entrants keep their work, and you don't publish an entry you haven't paid for. If an entry is good enough to post, buy it from the person who made it. Roster doesn't draft or sign agreements between you and entrants. You pick the start and end date. Short tasks often run 48 to 72 hours. Airrack's ran 10 days and Jenny Hoyos' ran 7. State the expected effort too, for example about 3 hours, since the window is not the effort. It depends on the role, the prize and how widely you share it. Airrack's challenge drew 2,665 people over 10 days. Jenny Hoyos' drew 455 over 7. Gannon Meyer's thumbnail challenge drew 139. The challenges on this page were open to anyone, which is how they drew hundreds and thousands of entrants. If your brief needs a smaller audience, get in touch before you post and we'll tell you what your plan allows. Only share files you are comfortable sending to every entrant. Hiring challenges are included in Pro at $250 a month (1 challenge per month) and Max at $450 a month (3 per month). Yearly billing saves up to 20%. The prize pool is yours to set and pay, and Roster takes no commission on hires. Hiring challenges Open your first challenge . Write the brief, pick the dates and review every entry in one feed.