Helly
@gethellybot
FreeEN
A hiring-intro bot for tech: developers upload a CV and preferences, hiring managers add open roles, and Helly shows each side only relevant matches, sharing contacts once both agree. Free; a young indie product without its own website.
Key features
- CV upload and job preferences for candidates
- Open roles added by hiring managers
- Only relevant matches shown to each side
- Contacts shared after mutual approval
What Helly does
Helly is a small hiring product that lives entirely in Telegram. Its pitch is "warm, contextual intros" between developers and companies instead of a job board or mass matching: neither side scrolls through listings, and contacts are exchanged only when both agree.
A candidate sends the bot a CV and describes what kind of role they want. A hiring manager adds the open positions. The bot then matches the two and shows each person only the options it considers relevant; when the candidate and the company both approve a match, Helly shares their contacts so the conversation can continue directly. AI pre-screening and technical interviews are announced on the product page but marked as coming soon, so today the bot is a matching and introduction tool rather than a full recruiting pipeline.
The service is free. It is also very young: it launched on Product Hunt about seven months ago, it has no website of its own (the Product Hunt page points straight to the bot), no published privacy policy, and Telegram does not show a monthly user count yet. That matters when you hand over a CV with personal details. For a developer open to offers it is a low-effort experiment; for a company it is one more sourcing channel, not a replacement for an applicant tracking system.
How to start
- Open @gethellybot and press Start
- Choose whether you are a candidate or hiring
- Upload your CV and preferences, or add your open roles
- Approve the matches you like to get contacts
Pricing and limits
Free Free for candidates and companies; no paid plans announced
Pros / Cons
- Free for both candidates and companies
- No job-board scrolling: only matches
- Contacts stay private until both sides agree
- Very young product with no website, privacy policy or user count
- AI screening and technical interviews are still 'coming soon'
Alternatives
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 5 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 5 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 2 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 5 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 8 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 9 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 58.0 |
FAQ
Does Helly cost anything?
No. The product page lists it as free, and no paid plans are announced.
When does the company see my contacts?
Only after both you and the hiring manager approve the match; until then each side sees the match without contacts.
Can it replace an applicant tracking system?
No. It finds and introduces candidates; pipelines, interviews and AI screening are not available yet.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
