Methodology
How HireLens works.
Three independent intelligence layers run in parallel. Each answers a different question. Together they produce a single, honest verdict.
Layer 01 — Website Intelligence
Is the website legitimate?
We fetch the official website and extract structured data — contact info, registered address, official email, phone. We only show phone or address when our confidence is above 80%. If we can't verify it confidently, we say so rather than showing garbage data.
Official website
Schema.org data
SSL verification
Contact page
Official email
MCA registration
Layer 02 — Risk Engine
Are there any red flags?
A deterministic engine — no AI guesswork — checks domain patterns against known scam signals. Free email providers, typosquatting, brand names embedded in fake domains, suspicious TLDs, keyword-stuffed domains. Risk is subtractive: it reduces the final score but does not artificially inflate it.
Typosquatting
Brand impersonation
Suspicious TLDs
Free email providers
Keyword-stuffed domains
Domain age
Layer 03 — Public Presence
How established are they publicly?
We check Google Knowledge Graph, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, public stock listings, and government records. A company can have low public presence and still be completely legitimate — especially small, regional, or offline businesses. Unknown does not mean risky.
Google Knowledge Graph
Wikipedia
LinkedIn presence
Public listing
MCA / Tofler records
What we don't do
- We never show phone numbers or addresses extracted from random page text — only from structured, authoritative sources
- We never treat a polished website as proof of legitimacy
- We never penalise a company just for being small or having low online presence
- We never use AI to generate or fabricate company details
Data sources
- Official company websites (schema.org structured data)
- MCA V3 / Tofler — for Indian company registration records
- Google Serper — for Knowledge Graph and public presence signals
- HireLens company database — 250+ pre-verified Indian companies