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Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#2
This is super-compelling.... if you can add a lightweight ATS on the other side.

It is very hard for recruiters to remember all the people that they have interviewed. But if you give them that functionality, you have the potential to kill all the ATS out there by going from the interviewee side of things.

Kind of like Github for interviews!

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#3
Great idea. I am jealous. I thought of this exact same thing. The issue is: how to make money? It is difficult to charge the broke job seeker [ironically, it wont be the guy flush with offers using this app - it will be the guy struggling]. On the other hand, it is difficult to charge the recruiters unless you have the linkedin type volume. Even if you do, recruiters wont like the quality since these interviewees are struggling so hard they need an app to track failed interviews.

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#4
How do you plan on making money? My concern would be that you need to be extremely upfront about what data you're collecting and if you're selling it back to these companies whom the person interviewed with (even if anonymized). This is a very personal exchange between an employee and employer that could have significant impact on employment negotiations. For example, I might not want employer A, knowing that I'm also interviewing with employer B/C/D, unless I choose to use it for negotiation. This could be used to target folks into lower paying jobs if they don't have prospects, multiple offers, etc.

I'm not trying to be harsh here or blow up your idea. Maybe it's a totally free app. I'm not sure. But, if you are selling user data, you could be inadvertently increasing companies bargaining power through hidden knowledge of what someone is doing too. If a company uses this added data on me, and gets me to take an offer that's 30k less per year, and I stay there 4 years, that ends up costing me 120k over 4 years (30k*4y) all for using an interview note taking app.

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#5
I've been noodling on this product idea for about 6 months now, but never gotten around to building it. Drat, but congrats on doing it.

One killer feature I would propose is to help candidates weigh up multiple offers; salary, equity, commute time, enjoyment, advancement, etc.

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#6

This is super-compelling.... if you can add a lightweight ATS on the other side. It is very hard for recruiters to remember all the people that they have interviewed. But if you give them that functionality, you have the potential to kill all the ATS out there by going from the interviewee side of things. Kind of like Github for interviews!

That would be nice!

Candidates asking permission to audio record their interviews and upload on the site as a portfolio. Recruiters listen to those interviews and can be much more assertive on their recommendations!

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#7
post #5

I've been noodling on this product idea for about 6 months now, but never gotten around to building it. Drat, but congrats on doing it. One killer feature I would propose is to help candidates weigh up multiple offers; salary, equity, commute time, enjoyment, advancement, etc.

Don't let someone first to market halt your project. Use his product gather your feedback and make it better.

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#8
Would love to use this , but I’m sure this is one those many rushed applications with the startup mentality.

Personal and Senstitive data is probably stored in a totally unencrypted manner and developers have unrestricted access to production.

We’ve seen what happens in terms of security when you give something like Firebase to startups « developers »[0]

Love the concept , but I Care more about privacy.

[0] https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/252443616/Unprote...

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#9
I just made a spreadsheet I added to over time to track this type of stuff for myself. It is interesting to see the process in a graph [0]. Would be really interesting to see this data aggregated for industries or specific positions.

[0] https://i.imgur.com/NnzXT6K.jpg

Re: Show HN: Applying for jobs? Manage all your interviews in one place

#10
I have been doing this recently with AirTable using a template I got via twitter thread: https://twitter.com/kwuchu/status/1032007263026864128

I've found it helps me keep much better track and stay on top of where everything is with recruiters.

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