Text-to-apply hiring for hands-on work
Hire cleaners, movers, landscapers, housekeepers, painters and pool techs by text.
Applicants text one number. GuavaHire replies in seconds, day or night, and runs the first interview in their language, Spanish included. The good ones get a link to book time with you.
See it screen applicants for
Screening real applicants for Qinti Cleaning today
CleaningReal questions GuavaHire asks today
Maria Garcia: Hi! Is the cleaning job still open?
Qinti Cleaning: Qinti Cleaning: Thanks for reaching out about our Residential Cleaner opening! Just a few quick questions. It usually takes about 5 minutes. First, what's your first and last name? Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for info.
Maria Garcia: Maria Garcia
Qinti Cleaning: Thanks, Maria! Do you have regular access to a vehicle you can use to get to cleaning jobs?
Maria Garcia: Sí, tengo mi propio carro
Qinti Cleaning: ¡Perfecto! ¿Qué experiencia tienes en limpieza?
Maria Garcia: 4 años limpiando casas y Airbnbs
- First and last nameMaria GarciaCaptured
- TransportationHas vehicleMeets
- Cleaning experience4 years, homes and AirbnbMeets
How it works
One number does the first interview for you.
Step 1
Put one number everywhere
On job posts, truck decals, yard signs and flyers. Applicants text it whenever they see it, even at 11 PM.
Step 2
GuavaHire runs the interview
It asks your questions one at a time, in the applicant’s language, and switches when they do. If someone goes quiet, it follows up once, during your business hours.
Step 3
You invite the good ones
Each answer is checked against the job, with the whole conversation beside it. Qualified people get a link to book an interview, sent by you or automatically.
Industries
Built for the crews that keep things running.
Cleaning is live today. The other five trades are open for early access, with questions written for the work.
- CleaningLive todayHouse cleaners, janitorial and turnover crewsSee what we ask
- MovingEarly accessMovers, drivers and junk removal crewsSee example questions
- LandscapingEarly accessLawn, irrigation and tree care crewsSee example questions
- Hotels & motelsEarly accessHousekeepers, laundry and maintenanceSee example questions
- ConstructionEarly accessPainters, roofing helpers and crew membersSee example questions
- Home servicesEarly accessPool, pest, pressure washing and carpet techsSee example questions
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Owner review
Every answer, checked against the job.
See each answer beside what the job needs, with the reason when something needs a look. The whole text conversation is right there too, so you know who to call first.
- Carrying and stairsConfirmed, 2 yearsMeets
- Driver's licenseValid, clean recordMeets
- Box truck experience16 ft onlyHas driven a 16 ft truck; your routes use 26 ft trucks.Review
- Can startNext MondayCaptured
Any language
Interviews in their language, from the first text.
Spanish, English or any language they write in: GuavaHire interviews each applicant in their own, and follows along if they switch halfway through. No second number, no translator.
- 50%of U.S. maids and housekeeping cleaners are Hispanic or Latino
- 48%of U.S. landscaping and groundskeeping workers are Hispanic or Latino
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, 2025
- Greenline Landscaping: Thanks, José. What equipment have you used? For example a mower, trimmer or blower.
- José: Perdón, ¿podemos seguir en español?
- Greenline Landscaping: ¡Claro! ¿Qué equipo has usado? Por ejemplo podadora, desbrozadora o sopladora.
- José: Podadora zero-turn y desbrozadora, 3 años
Fair screening
The same careful questions, every time.
Every applicant for a job gets the same questions, worded to ask about the work and nothing personal.
“Are you authorized to work in the United States?”
Asks about authorization to work, not citizenship.
“Would you be comfortable completing a background check if you move forward?”
Asks whether they'd be comfortable, and never implies a check has started.
“Do you have any recurring commitments that could affect punctuality or attendance?”
Asks about the schedule, never why they have a conflict.
Read the fair hiring guide · General information, not legal advice.
Questions owners ask us
- Do applicants need an app?
- No. Any phone that can text works. There's nothing to download and no account to make.
- Whose number do applicants text?
- Yours. Your business is the sender, and GuavaHire provides the technology behind the conversation.
- Which trades can I hire for?
- Cleaning is live today. Moving, landscaping, hotels and motels, construction and home services are open for early access.
- What happens when someone stops replying?
- GuavaHire follows up once, an hour after they go quiet, and only between 9 AM and 7 PM, Monday to Saturday, in your time zone.
- How do interviews get booked?
- Qualified applicants get a single-use link by text to book a time on your calendar. You can send it yourself or have it go out automatically.
- Does GuavaHire decide who gets hired?
- No. It checks each answer against what you said the job needs and shows you the result, with the reason when something needs a look. You decide who moves forward.
Your next great hire is already texting.
Early access is open for every trade.