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About us

We're building hiring that runs on evidence.

CVs are a weak proxy for skill, and unstructured interviews are a weak way to measure it. Mirage replaces both with something you can check: structured conversations, skills on one scale, and a quote behind every score.

  • Owner-run
  • Built for DACH
  • German & English
“Evidence over decoration.”
The first principle of our design system

Why we built it

Good people get rejected for the wrong reasons.

Most applications are decided before anyone talks to the person behind them. A CV gets a few seconds, a keyword is missing, and the application is gone. People with unusual careers, career changers and anyone who undersells themselves on paper lose first.

When interviews do happen, they are often unstructured: different questions for different candidates, notes from memory and decisions nobody can explain afterwards. That is unfair to candidates and expensive for companies.

We built Mirage to give every candidate a real conversation and every hiring team evidence it can check. The AI does the part that needs no judgement: asking structured questions, taking notes, mapping answers to skills. People do the part that does: deciding.

What we've built

Two products, one system.

Mirage serves both sides of hiring with the same skill scale, so a level means the same thing to a candidate and to a company.

Mirage Scout, for candidates

Profile, skill assessment, workstyle profile, job board, application tracking and the Academy, in one place.

Hiring workspace, for companies

Job wizard, structured AI interviews, evidence-backed reports, pipeline board, hiring analytics and talent scouting.

Mirage Academy

Courses, masterclasses and nanoprograms that teach by explanation and end in verifiable certificates.

The evidence engine

The interview and evaluation engine behind both: structured rounds, claim checks and a quote for every score.

Early access

ATS integration

Mirage interviews for candidates who live in your existing ATS, via API and signed webhooks.

Coming soon

Interview Co-Pilot

Structure and evidence for the interviews your team runs itself.

By the numbers

Facts we can point to.

Product facts, not vanity metrics.

40skills in our product management framework
7skill categories, each with level descriptions
0–10one skill scale for candidates and companies
3interview rounds per job, from pre-screening to collaboration
2interview languages: German and English
12hiring metrics in company analytics

As of October 2026.

What we stand for

Four principles we build by.

Evidence over decoration

Every score, match and badge we show is backed by a real signal. If we cannot back it, we do not show it.

People decide

AI prepares the evidence. Hiring decisions stay with people, by design and by law.

Fair to both sides

Candidates get a real conversation and a clear process. Companies get comparable evidence. Neither works without the other.

European by default

GDPR and the EU AI Act shape the product, not just the paperwork.

The company

Who runs Mirage

  • Mirage is run by Lehel Kakonyi (sole proprietorship trading as “Miragescouting.de”). The full provider details are in the imprint.
  • We build for hiring teams and candidates in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
  • Questions about data protection: legal@miragescouting.de

Let's talk about how you hire.

Thirty minutes with the owner: your roles, your process and an honest answer on whether Mirage fits.