How many people here have ACTUALLY gotten a job through the monthly post?
Provide what information you can (company, job title, post (if it's still alive)).
Ask HN: Ever been hired through a “who's hiring” post?
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#2I got an interview wit a company that I really wanted to work with. I didn't even apply with them originally so I was very pleased to have them contact me from an Ask HN thread. I didn't end up getting the job but I have no doubt that I could have.
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#3Yes. Capsule (http://capsulecares.com/). Interned while in school, contracted for a month after graduation (couldn't work full time at the time), and now joining as a full time employee.
They posted in the last Who's Hiring and it was similar to the one I replied to.
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#4Got a contract, it took awhile for a response but found it on HN.
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#5I was reached out to by almost every single company that I approached (NYC) and finally ended up accepting an offer.
If I can make a recommendation, go for the companies that supply personal email addresses. If they don't supply them, go find them.
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#6I was actually very surprised at the amount of folks that simply didn't respond _at all_ -- meaning not even an _acknowledgement_.
The folks that I did hear back from were great, though. Nothing ever actually worked out in my case, though.
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#7My team ended up hiring a candidate found through the Who's Hiring post. I found the resumes I got to be better than those I get from HR on average.
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#8I believe I answered Leaflabs' ad here in March 2015. I was put through the interview process and still work here as a Member of Technical Staff.
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#9I've only ever gotten blanket spam from posting in "Who wants to be hired?"
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#10Yep, my current job is with a company I found via "who's hiring". (I'm in the UK, outside London, if it matters)