About Traitwise
We eliminate hiring guesswork by measuring what actually predicts performance: Ability, Motivation and Personality Fit - so great hires become the default, not the exception.
First Principles
Our macro view of talent allocation - four simple rules we operate by.
Talent allocation is the edge.
The biggest inefficiency – and opportunity – is matching ability to its best use.
Simplicity over hype.
Right people, right roles. That's the lever; the rest follows.
Measure what actually predicts.
Forget resumes/CVs and keyword scans, they've never been strongly predictive; in the age of AI, even less. Hire from signal, not guesswork.
Make great hiring the default.
Integrate Traitwise, hire from signal, avoid mis-hires, and keep it fair – at scale.
Engineering great hiring with science, not guesswork.
Meet Our Founders
Julian Hohlweg
Julian directs strategy and product at Traitwise. Previously, he held senior roles at a Berlin fintech, with earlier roles at Apple and King, and research at UCL's Department of Economics. He holds an MSc from Imperial College London and a BSc from Maastricht University.
Timo Hilpert
Timo leads business development and partnerships at Traitwise. He previously headed sales and client-relationship functions at LIQID and held roles at Grüner Fisher Investments and M Cube Incubator. He studied at Freie Universität Berlin.
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