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Hiring built for restaurants

Post the job.
Get back a scored shortlist.

QDX One is your hiring page, application, and a 5-minute assessment — all on the candidate's phone. Share a link or QR code, and crew come back ranked on reliability, people skills, and ownership.

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One no-call/no-show wrecks a shift, the team, and a week of your time.

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A 20-minute interview tells you almost nothing about whether they'll show up.

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Most operators don't have HR. They have an inbox, a gut feeling, and not enough time.

From posting to scored shortlist.

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Post the role

Pick a role and get a shareable link + QR code for your counter, window, or socials. Candidates apply from their phone.

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They apply & assess

A quick application, then a 5-minute assessment — mobile-first, plain language, no login or download. About 8 minutes total.

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You get a scored shortlist

Each candidate comes back with verbal bands, a fit recommendation, and quality flags. You decide whose interview is worth your hour.

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What we score.

Hiring frontline staff isn't about the perfect résumé. It's about whether they'll show up, work the team, and treat your customers right. We measure four things that predict exactly that.

Reliability & Drive

Shows up on time, follows through, and pushes to get better — the #1 predictor of attendance and tenure.

People Skills

Genuine warmth with customers, cooperation with the team, and openness to coaching.

Ownership

Owns outcomes and mistakes, and does what needs doing without waiting to be told.

Composure

Stays calm and bounces back when the line is out the door or a guest is upset.

Built on validated personality and motivation research, reviewed by a credentialed I/O psychologist. You get plain-English bands — never a black-box number.

A look inside the assessment

Real statements. Real signal. Not personality astrology.

Candidates rate short, honest statements on a 5-point scale. Each one maps to a behavior that decides whether they'll earn their shift.

Sample item

“I show up on time, even when I don't feel like going.”

Dependability
Sample item

“When my manager points out a mistake, I focus on fixing it instead of defending myself.”

Coachability
Sample item

“When I see something that needs doing, I do it without waiting to be told.”

Initiative & Ownership
Sample item

“I stay calm when things get busy.”

Composure

We also run quiet quality checks — attention items and response-time flags — so you can trust the result, not just the answers.

Built for your world.

Multi-unit & franchise

Consistent hiring across every location.

Frontline turnover is brutal and manager hours are scarce — whether it's a fast-casual counter or a full-service floor. QDX standardizes how you screen across locations, so a strong candidate at one restaurant looks like a strong candidate at all of them, and your managers only interview the people worth their time.

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Independent & owner-operated

Built for the operator who doesn't have HR.

When you're running the floor and the office, one bad hire is one ruined Friday night. QDX gives you a clear, scored read on every applicant before you sit down — so interview time goes to the people who could actually make it work.

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Built in a real shop

I built QDX in my own shop. Here's why.

I'm Yan. I own a 16 Handles franchise. Like most restaurant owners, I've spent more time and money on the wrong hires than I'd like to admit.

An hour interviewing someone who was never going to show up. A week training someone who was never going to follow a rule. A weekend covering a shift because someone “wasn't feeling it” by their second Friday.

The math doesn't work. Not for me, not for any operator I know.

So I built QDX — a hiring page, application, and a 5-minute assessment that tells me, before I waste my time, who's worth interviewing. Today it's a product. It started as a tool I needed in my own store.

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Per-location pricing. No fluff.

Unlimited assessments on every plan — no caps, no surprise bills. One store on Solo; Operator brings them all under one login with SMS, AI, and cross-store reporting.

Solo

$59/mo per location
1 location · unlimited assessments

Operator

Most popular
$79/mo per location
2+ loc · unlimited assessments

Enterprise

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Brands & groups assessments
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30-day free trial on both self-serve plans. Brands & multi-brand groups? Enterprise is custom.

Questions operators ask.

Why use QDX instead of just interviewing people myself?+
You still interview — QDX makes sure those minutes go to the right people. Résumés and gut-feel interviews are slow and notoriously poor at predicting who'll show up, take feedback, and stay. QDX scores every applicant on the traits that predict frontline performance in about 5 minutes, turning a pile of 40 applications into a ranked shortlist before your first phone call.
I'm short-staffed — won't screening just slow me down?+
It speeds you up. The assessment is ~5 minutes on the candidate's phone right after they apply, and you see scored results instantly — no extra step for you. Hiring whoever walks in feels fast until the no-call-no-shows and two-week quits pile up; a bad hire costs far more in re-hiring and training than five minutes of screening.
Does this replace the interview?+
No — it replaces the guesswork before it. QDX tells you who's worth your time and what to dig into; you still meet them and make the call. We rate people; we never turn anyone down for you.
How is this different from a job board like Indeed?+
Job boards get you applicants. QDX tells you which ones to hire. Point your QDX careers link or QR code anywhere you already recruit — Indeed, a window sign, Instagram — and every applicant lands in one scored, ranked pipeline.
How is this different from a personality test?+
Personality tests profile who someone is. QDX predicts what they'll do on a shift — show up on time, take feedback, stay productive when it's slow. We're predicting frontline behavior, not labeling traits. See sample items →
How long does it take a candidate?+
About 8 minutes total — a short application plus a 5-minute assessment, all on their phone. No login, no app.
Is it fair — could it screen people out unfairly?+
Fairness is built in. A person makes every call — QDX never turns anyone down on its own. You see simple ratings, not exact scores, so no one reads too much into small gaps. The background question (race, gender, and so on) is optional, and you never see it tied to a person — only as totals — while the system flags it if any group is being screened out at a lower rate. It's written in plain words and works on any phone, so it doesn't quietly favor one group.
Why one Operator account instead of a separate account per location?+
You could run a separate Solo account per store at $59 each — and some do at first. But Operator ($79/location) puts every location under one login, one careers page, and one candidate pipeline, plus the tools separate accounts don't get: SMS + candidate texting, AI-written job posts, and reports that compare your stores. The $20/location buys the power tools and one place to run it all — instead of juggling separate logins.
What does it cost?+
Solo is $59 per location/month (one location). Operator (2+ locations) is $79 per location. Assessments are unlimited on both — no caps, no per-assessment fees. The $20/location step up to Operator buys unified login across stores, SMS + candidate texting, AI-written job posts, and cross-store reporting. 30-day free trial, card captured at signup.
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