Provn

The platform allows users to practice real-world challenges, receive human feedback, and build a profile showcasing their skills.

Provn provides three services: Resume Review, Interview Prep, and the AI Career Sprint, each with a defined cost.

Employers can review candidate performance on real challenges before scheduling interviews by booking a 30-minute walkthrough.

The page offers a resume review service, scoring one resume against a job description’s rubric for $95, with a written report in 24 hours.

Stories from candidates who got hired through Provn, and updates from the team building The AI Talent Draft.

Every Provn article published in 2026 — 77 posts on AI-native hiring, proof of work, builder portfolios, and agent economics.

How to do a Provn challenge: what it is, why hiring managers trust it, and the five habits that score 80+.

What an AI / agentic software engineer actually does, what ten employers post and pay (from their own postings), and four free challenges scored against the real bar, with a video walkthrough.

What an AI product manager actually does, what the top ten employers post and pay (from their own job postings), and four free challenges scored against the real bar, with a video walkthrough that proves it.

What a forward-deployed engineer actually does, what fourteen employers post and pay for the customer-facing and full-stack versions of the job, and two free challenge ladders scored against the real bar.

The page describes a four-session interview prep program with rubric analysis, story bank access, and mock interviews for $950.

Provn is an AI-powered talent platform that connects people with jobs based on skills demonstrated through challenge submissions instead of resumes.

Provn offers live office hours for discussions on hiring, careers, or AI-economy work.

Provn is where builders prove their skills on real-world challenges and companies hire based on demonstrated ability, not resumes.

The page explains how Provn collects, uses, and protects personal information.

Provn uses AI to evaluate challenge submissions and provides options for accommodations or appeals.

The page outlines the terms governing use of the Provn platform.

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