The Friction Forecast

You already trust your gut. Give it one more read.

Send a finalist a link. They opt in, spend 15 minutes, and keep a profile they'll love. You get a clear-eyed look at what it'll actually be like to work together — the sparks and the grind, named — before you make the offer.

Decision support for the human making the call — never a pass/fail screen.

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Resonance
Spark

Shared drive, complementary structure. You set the vision; they'll build the system to hold it. This is the part that'll feel effortless.

Watch

Pace clash on decisions. You close fast; they gather first. Left unnamed, you'll read each other as reckless and slow.

Watch

Feedback fragility. Your directness can land as dismissal. The Day-1 manual gives you the exact reframe.

How a forecast happens

Three steps. Everyone comes out ahead.

01

Send the link

From your finalist's profile in Frequency, share a private link. No account hoops, no software for them to install.

02

They opt in — and keep their profile

Your candidate consents, spends 15 minutes, and walks away with a full individual profile that's genuinely theirs to keep, hired or not.

03

You get the forecast

A resonance read between you (or the teammate they'd report to) and them — sparks, watch-outs, and a Day-1 manual to start strong.

Where we draw the line

A read on the relationship — not a verdict on the person.

What the Friction Forecast is
  • A fit & onboarding aid that informs your decision
  • A named map of how two specific people will mesh
  • A head start on the first ninety days together
  • Something your candidate consents to and benefits from
What it is not
  • A pass/fail screen or an auto-reject filter
  • A score to “rank out” or disqualify candidates
  • A claim that the hire will or won't work out
  • A covert evaluation done without consent
Use it to walk into the relationship with your eyes open and a plan in hand. The decision stays yours, and it stays human.
The candidate experience

The rare hiring step people thank you for.

Most assessments feel like a hurdle the candidate endures and never sees again. Frequency flips it: they opt in, they get something genuinely valuable about themselves, and it's theirs to keep whether or not they get the role.

Consent-first, always Their profile, their property Keep it, hired or not The anti-Crystal
“I interviewed somewhere that had me do this. I didn't get the job — and I still use my Frequency profile. It told me more about how I work than five years of reviews.”

— Illustrative; real, consented stories will appear here at launch


A tool the candidate is glad they used is a tool that makes you look like a place worth working. Consent isn't a constraint here — it's the whole point.

Walk into the offer with your eyes open.

$49 per open seat, or unlimited inside Frequency for Teams.