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Evaluate 15 candidates in the time it takes to read one CV

Faculty hiring. Department chairs. Med school admissions. Guest lecturers. MentionFox evaluates any candidate against any role — fit score, strengths, concerns, interview questions — without the candidate ever taking part. No forms. No assessments.

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MentionFox for Education monitors student and faculty mentions, tracks institutional reputation across social platforms, and provides admissions intelligence from 50+ sources.

What It Looks Like In Practice
A name, a meeting, a decision. Here is what MentionFox hands you before each one.
These are the moments your office faces every week — a major-gift meeting, a finalist comparison, a partner you have never met. Enter a name and MentionFox returns a sourced, cited briefing. Every claim is traceable. The person never knows you looked.
Advancement Major-gift officer · meeting in 90 minutes

"I'm sitting down with an alum who could be a principal-gift prospect, and all I have is the giving record and a LinkedIn headline. I don't want to walk in cold."

→ MentionFox builds a sourced dossier on the alum: career arc, boards and affiliations, recent public statements, the causes they fund elsewhere, and a relationship map showing who in your network can make the warm introduction — plus a how-to-approach cheat sheet and a read on timing and receptivity. Every claim is cited.
Faculty Search Search committee · two finalists, one line

"Both finalists gave strong seminars. Now the committee is split and we're arguing from impressions. We need something everyone can read off the same page."

→ MentionFox puts the two candidates side by side across the dimensions that matter — research footprint, collaboration network, leadership style, mentorship signal, communication approach — each scored with sourced notes. The committee sees one standardized comparison instead of competing recollections.
Partnerships Corporate & foundation relations · external partner vetting

"A consultant is pitching to run our online programs and they sound impressive. Before we put our name next to theirs, I need to know who we're actually dealing with."

→ MentionFox returns a sourced profile of the partner and the people behind it: track record, prior affiliations, public commitments, and any reputational flags worth a closer look — with the communication approach that lands best and the relationships you already share. Cited, so you can show your work to leadership.
The Problem
Your search committee is making decisions with incomplete data

CVs lie by omission

Every candidate curates their CV. What's missing matters more than what's there. Gaps in employment. Lateral moves that don't make sense. Collaborations that ended abruptly. You don't see any of this until it's too late.

Committee bias is unavoidable

Each committee member brings their own lens. One cares about publication count. Another cares about teaching reviews. Nobody has time to research all 15 applicants equally. The loudest voice wins, not the best candidate.

Reference calls are performative

Nobody gives a bad reference. The candidate chose these people. You're hearing a curated version of the truth. What you need is independent intelligence — what the candidate's actual public footprint reveals.

Real Example
MIT Sloan finance professor evaluated for Economics department chair
This is a real evaluation generated by MentionFox. Antoinette Schoar — Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance, former Chair of MIT Sloan Finance Department — evaluated for an Economics department chair role.
Antoinette Schoar
MIT Sloan · Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance
75/100 · Qualified With Reservations
Strengths
• Exceptional academic credentials with PhD from University of Chicago
• Proven department chair experience managing faculty and budgets
• Outstanding research record with major awards and NBER leadership
• Strong teaching evaluations and commitment to educational excellence
Concerns
• Primary expertise in finance rather than broader economics
• No evidence of experience with traditional economics curriculum
• Transition from finance-focused to economics-focused department may require significant adjustment
Auto-Generated Interview Questions
1. How would you bridge your finance expertise with broader economics curriculum needs?
2. Describe specific budget management and faculty hiring decisions you made as department chair at MIT Sloan.
3. How would you approach curriculum review for an economics department versus your experience with finance curriculum?
Candidate evaluation report
Full evaluation report — overall fit score, executive summary, auto-generated interview questions with reasoning
Strengths concerns risk
Strengths vs Concerns side-by-side, Risk Assessment (expertise gap flagged), Professional Profile with career trajectory
How Universities Use It
Every hiring decision, admissions review, and committee meeting — better informed
Faculty Hiring

"We have 15 applicants for a tenure-track position in Computer Science"

Batch evaluate all 15 against the job description. Each gets a fit score, strengths/concerns, risk assessment, and interview questions tailored to their specific background. Sort by score. Fox Compare the top 3 side-by-side across 30 dimensions. Present a standardized report to the committee — every member sees the same data.

⏱ 15 minutes for all 15 candidates
Department Chair Search

"The Provost wants 3 finalists for Economics Chair by Friday"

Run dossiers on each finalist. Personality profiles reveal leadership style: one is a D-type (dominant, will restructure), another is an S-type (steady, will maintain). Communication cheat sheets tell you how each will interact with faculty. Fox Compare shows who has the strongest research network vs who has the best administrative track record.

⏱ 10 minutes for 3 finalists with full comparison
Med School Admissions

"8,000 applicants. 150 interview slots. How do we screen?"

Batch evaluate applicants against your admissions criteria. Fit scores surface candidates whose public activity shows genuine commitment — published research, clinical volunteering, patient advocacy — not just polished personal statements. Flag candidates with concerning online activity before you invest interview resources.

⏱ Batch processing — minutes per cohort
Guest Lecturers & Visiting Faculty

"We're inviting 5 guest lecturers for next semester's speaker series"

Run dossiers to understand each speaker's personality, communication style, and audience engagement patterns. Conversation starters help your department chair break the ice. Timing analysis tells you when they're most likely to accept your invitation. Key relationships reveal mutual connections for warm intros.

⏱ 2 minutes per speaker
How It Works
Four steps. A name in, a meeting-ready briefing out.
No forms to send. No assessments to schedule. No cooperation required from the person you are researching. Enter a name and walk into the room prepared.
Step 1

Enter a name

Type the prospect, candidate, or partner — and, if you have one, the role or job description you are weighing them against. That is the whole setup.

Step 2

Build the dossier

MentionFox assembles a deep, sourced profile: career arc, affiliations, public statements, research and giving footprint, personality read. Every claim is cited and verifiable.

Step 3

Read the approach & relationships

See how to open the conversation, what lands and what to avoid, when they are most receptive, and which connections you already share for a warm introduction.

Step 4

Walk in prepared

Compare finalists side by side, hand the committee one standardized report, and arrive at every meeting knowing more than the CV or the giving record ever showed.

The Intelligence Behind Every Evaluation
60-section dossier — more depth than any interview reveals
Every candidate evaluation is powered by a comprehensive, sourced dossier. Here's what MentionFox builds — every claim cited — without the candidate ever taking part.
Noam Chomsky — Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT
Conversation starters. Key relationships. Timing & receptivity. How to approach. Every claim sourced and cited.
Noam Chomsky Dossier
Noam Chomsky — conversation starters referencing Manufacturing Consent and Universal Grammar, compare contexts, online communities, personal interests (linguistics, cognitive science, political criticism), key relationships (Zellig Harris, Edward Herman)
Noam Chomsky Dossier
Timing & receptivity (6/10), controversy flags, "How to present yourself" — do: academic credentials, analytical rigor. Don't: casual tone, political name-dropping. Gift ideas.
And not just academics
Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, former VP Research at OpenAI. Same depth. Same zero-cooperation approach.
Dossier header
DISC-C, MBTI-INTJ personality badges. Employment: Anthropic CEO, OpenAI VP Research, Baidu. Education: Caltech, Stanford, Princeton PhD. Speaking: Davos, CFR, Morgan Stanley.
Personality and activity
Patents and trademarks, public activity analysis, Big Five personality scores (Openness 85%, Conscientiousness 80%), communication approach, INTJ working style
Communication approach
Best approach: detailed technical analysis with safety considerations. Avoid: rushed decisions, dismissing safety. Decision style: analytical with extensive deliberation.
Fox Compare
Put your top 3 finalists side-by-side. 30 dimensions. One report.
Expertise, leadership style, personality, professional trajectory, culture fit — each dimension scored and compared with detailed notes. Present to your committee as a standardized, data-driven comparison instead of "who gave the best seminar."
Fox Compare
Executive summary with strategic insights, radar chart overlay, key dimensions: Culture, Risk, Network, Strategy, Opportunity
Dimension scores
Category averages, 30 individual dimension scores — Knowledge Depth, Industry Experience, Leadership Style, Team Building, Mentorship, Strategic Vision
What the Alternatives Offer
They all require the candidate to participate. We don't.

Acuity Insights (Casper)

Situational judgment test the CANDIDATE takes. Measures social intelligence and professionalism. But the candidate knows they're being assessed and performs accordingly. Requires scheduling, consent, and administration overhead.

HireVue

Video interviews with AI scoring. The candidate records structured responses. Better than nothing, but candidates coach themselves on HireVue-specific tactics. AI scoring controversial. Requires candidate cooperation.

MentionFox

Enter a name. Get a 60-section sourced dossier, fit score against your role, strengths vs concerns, personality profile, interview questions, and 30-dimension comparison with other candidates. Zero candidate participation. Zero forms. Zero scheduling. See pricing.

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