Ask specifically. Recruitment fees are commonly reversed if the candidate leaves within a guarantee period, typically measured in months. If one applies, your reward is contingent on someone else's job satisfaction long after you made the introduction.

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Q: Can I really earn ₹11,00,000 for a referral?

Only in the sense that a recruiter can. Rewards at that scale are placement commissions — conventionally a percentage of a placed candidate's first-year compensation — so the top band requires introducing a senior candidate hired into a highly-paid role. Forwarding a link to a friend will realistically encounter the bottom of the range or nothing.

Q: Why are the numbers so much larger than other referrals?

Because a qualified senior candidate is genuinely scarce and filling a senior technical role is genuinely valuable, whereas a marketplace user is not scarce at all. Reward size tells you whether you are a user or a sourcing channel — and lakh-scale rewards mean the latter.

Q: What counts as a successful referral?

In recruitment, almost always a completed hire rather than an application. Establish the exact trigger before investing effort, because the gap between an introduction and a signed offer is where most of the work sits.

Q: When would I actually be paid?

Placement fees typically settle after the guarantee period rather than at offer or joining. A sum advertised in lakhs that arrives six months later is a materially different proposition from one paid on acceptance, and the timing is worth confirming in writing.

Q: What do I owe the person I refer?

More than you owe someone you send a shopping code to. Tell them what the role is, tell them you are compensated for the introduction, and never steer someone toward a job because the reward band is high. A candidate who takes an unsuitable role and leaves in four months loses far more than you gained — and a guarantee clause may cost you the fee anyway.

Up to ₹11,00,000 — because this is a recruitment fee, not a referral

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OptimHire advertises up to ₹75,000, ₹1,50,000 or ₹11,00,000 per successful referral, and rewards at that scale are recruitment placement commissions — conventionally a percentage of a placed candidate's first-year compensation — not referral bonuses. The three bands map to seniority and salary, so the top requires sourcing a senior candidate hired into a highly-paid role. Expect a completed hire as the trigger, check for guarantee-period clawback, confirm payment timing, and put the candidate's interests ahead of the band.

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Recognise the instrument

Lakh-scale rewards are recruitment placement commissions, not referral bonuses. That reframes the whole offer.

Establish what "successful" means

Expect a completed hire rather than an application, and ask whether a guarantee period applies.

Find out when it pays

Placement fees usually settle after the guarantee period, not on acceptance. Timing changes the value substantially.

Put the candidate first

Tell them the role and tell them you are paid. Never push someone toward a job because the band is high.

Reward Details

Your Reward: Not a two-sided consumer offer — this is a sourcing arrangement for candidates and hiring companies.
Referrer Reward: Advertised at up to ₹75,000, ₹1,50,000 or ₹11,00,000 per successful referral — three bands, almost certainly mapped to seniority and salary.
Minimum Purchase: A "successful referral" in recruitment normally means a completed hire, not an application.
Validity: Check whether a guarantee period applies — recruitment fees are commonly clawed back if the candidate leaves within a stated window.
Available In: USA, India
Referral Limit: Not reliably documented.
Payout Time: Placement fees typically settle after any guarantee period rather than at offer or joining.
Eligibility: Rewards at this scale are placement commissions — a percentage of a placed candidate's first-year compensation.

Why Choose OptimHire?

A fourteen-fold range is a tier table

₹75,000 to ₹11,00,000 maps to seniority and salary. The bottom is the probable outcome; the top is what gets advertised.

This is sourcing work, not sharing a link

The top band needs a senior candidate hired into a highly-paid role who then stays.

Guarantee-period clawback is standard

Recruitment fees are commonly reversed if the candidate leaves within a stated window.

The ethical weight is different here

You are introducing a person into an employment relationship while being paid for it.

About OptimHire

OptimHire advertises up to ₹75,000, ₹1,50,000, or even ₹11,00,000 per successful referral. Those are not referral bonuses in any ordinary sense, and understanding why explains what the platform is asking of you.

OptimHire connects companies with technology professionals, and advertises rewards of **up to ₹75,000, ₹1,50,000, or even ₹11,00,000 per successful referral**.

**Rewards at that scale are not referral bonuses. They are recruitment placement commissions**, and recognising that changes everything about how to read the offer.

**Why the numbers are that large.** Recruitment fees are conventionally a percentage of a placed candidate's first-year compensation. A senior engineering hire on a substantial package generates a placement fee in exactly the region the top band describes. So the ₹11,00,000 figure is not generosity — it is a share of a fee that exists because filling a senior technical role is genuinely difficult and genuinely valuable. The three advertised bands map, in all likelihood, to seniority and salary rather than to how many people you refer.

**What that means in practice.** The top band requires you to introduce a senior candidate who is hired into a highly-paid role and stays long enough for any guarantee period to expire. That is recruitment work — sourcing, assessing, persuading, and managing a process that runs for weeks or months. Someone forwarding a link to a friend is not doing that, and will realistically encounter the bottom of the range or nothing at all.

**So the honest framing:** this is a **sourcing channel dressed in referral vocabulary**, and it is worth evaluating as one. The questions to ask are recruiters' questions, not a referrer's:

**What defines "successful"?** Almost certainly not an application. Expect the trigger to be a completed hire, and check whether a **guarantee period** applies — recruitment fees are commonly clawed back if the candidate leaves within a stated window, typically measured in months. If a clawback applies, the reward is contingent on someone else's job satisfaction long after you introduced them.

**When is it paid?** Placement fees typically settle after the guarantee period, not at offer or joining. A reward advertised in lakhs that arrives six months later is a materially different proposition from one paid on acceptance.

**Which band applies to a realistic introduction?** "Up to" spanning ₹75,000 to ₹11,00,000 is a fourteen-fold range, and — as this site notes on every tiered offer — the bottom is the probable outcome and the top is the ceiling that gets advertised.

**And the obligation nobody mentions.** Referring someone into a job is not like referring them to a shopping app. You are introducing a person into an employment relationship while being paid for it, and their interests deserve to come first: tell them the role, tell them you are compensated, and do not push someone toward a job because the band is high. A candidate who takes an unsuitable role and leaves in four months has lost far more than you gained — and under a guarantee clause, you may well lose it too.

**For the record**, the store's statistics block showed ₹75,000 while the description advertised up to ₹11,00,000. Both figures come from the platform; they describe different bands of the same tiered scheme rather than contradicting each other, and this page states the range rather than picking one.