How Huntress eliminated fraudulent applicants and reclaimed 50% of recruiter time

Company Overview

Huntress is a global cybersecurity company focused on making enterprise-grade protection accessible for organizations of all sizes. As the company scaled, its talent acquisition team had to manage increasing application volume while maintaining quality and response speed.

The Challenge

Huntress faced two compounding issues at once: a surge in fraudulent applications and a large increase in legitimate inbound volume.

Recruiters were spending roughly 35% of their time manually reviewing LinkedIn profiles and resumes for fraud signals. Even with that effort, fraudulent candidates still made it into interviews, creating wasted cycles and risk.

At the same time, the team had less capacity to review genuine applicants quickly, which slowed response times and made it harder to consistently surface top candidates early.

"We're a cybersecurity company, so we know how sophisticated candidate fraud has become. Our manual process couldn't keep up with how many fake resumes we were getting and the response time for real applicants was slow as a result, so we implemented Endorsed. Since then our recruiters gained half their week back and we rarely are interviewing fake candidates now. This saved us from prematurely increasing recruiting headcount."

Brandon McTavish

VP of Global Talent Acquisition at Huntress

Why Huntress Chose Endorsed

Huntress needed a solution that could:

• Automatically detect and flag fraudulent applicants with high accuracy
• Dramatically reduce manual review time per application
• Integrate seamlessly with their existing Greenhouse workflow
• Meet enterprise security requirements

The team launched a pilot with three recruiters across distinct use cases: software engineering (high fraud exposure), SDR/SOC roles (high application volume), and corporate recruiting.

The Solution

Huntress deployed both Endorsed products:

• Chrome Extension: Fast fraud checks and applicant review directly in Greenhouse, including broader funnel coverage.
• Full Platform: End-to-end applicant review, shortlist creation, and team collaboration.

Integration with Greenhouse was standard and did not require custom development. Security, legal, and IT review were handled through Endorsed's enterprise compliance framework.

Results

After three months of full-team deployment across 12 recruiters, Huntress reported:

• Recruiters reclaiming approximately half of their week
• Manual fraud-investigation work reduced to near zero
• Far fewer fraudulent interviews reaching live recruiter screens
• More time available for candidate engagement and sourcing
• Avoided near-term recruiting headcount expansion