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

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Wow that's a lot of applications. I am actually shocked. How come? Are you not getting the jobs or are you striving for the perfect position? Were all those applications hand crafter for each position?

They might have attended a dev bootcamp. The one I went to required you send out 20-30 applications a week until you got a job.

Answered in my other comment.

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

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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.

Is that really a killer feature though? Seems more like a series of conversations with those important people in your life vs. Some sort of optimization algorithm.

And rather than have competition destroy your idea, take it as one data point towards validation.

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

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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://s…

Would love to read this comment but it's possible this is one of those Russian troll comments.

It's probably coming straight out of the Kremlin. We've all seen how they get someone elected and polarize nations.

Love the idea of a comment, but I care more about not enabling evil people from getting control.

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

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I don't think it's an unfair assessment about potential or actual security. And it's a fair critique. Whether it's a legitimate concern based on this particular implementation is another matter, but they are correct in that work history is probably sensitive personal history, perhaps not secretive. And there is evidence attached to the OP post - it's the link marked [0].

This thread is about this specific app/idea/team. It is not about potential security problems in general. The parent could have just asked "what is the security and privacy?" rather than make baseless assumptions and accusations. So no, it is not a fair critique without more information and I don't see how an article about unsecured Firebase databases is related given the current information. I can give you a similar…

If I'm a customer in a domain where these are concerns though, each question you make me ask during my evaluation is a chance for me to quit doing the work and move on to something else that's less effort, like the competing product that pushes their security and privacy policies upfront as a product benefit.

So don't ask me to pull myself through your sales funnel, make the process easy by addressing my major concerns before i need to ask.

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

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post #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://s…

Do you have evidence or are you just being unnecessarily unkind?

The next comment down is also about privacy, but in the context of business model instead of security. Maybe people (in our niche, at least) are starting to prioritize their data more than ever.

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

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post #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://s…

Do you have evidence or are you just being unnecessarily unkind?

Having evidence of this particular app having poor security practices prior to expressing concerns is an impossibly high standard. The comment is clearly based on a pattern of early stage apps putting security second. I think it's fair to ask early stage apps handling highly sensitive info to at least show some evidence that they are following secure data handling practices. This is a good HN conversation to have, not unnecessarily negative.

So that would be my feedback to the poster: Detail how you ensure privacy and secure data. That should be a major part of the product description for this type of app at the outset.

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

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This thread is about this specific app/idea/team. It is not about potential security problems in general. The parent could have just asked "what is the security and privacy?" rather than make baseless assumptions and accusations. So no, it is not a fair critique without more information and I don't see how an article about unsecured Firebase databases is related given the current information. I can give you a similar…

If I'm a customer in a domain where these are concerns though, each question you make me ask during my evaluation is a chance for me to quit doing the work and move on to something else that's less effort, like the competing product that pushes their security and privacy policies upfront as a product benefit. So don't ask me to pull myself through your sales funnel, make the process easy by addressing my major concer…

Yes! Great advice! That is exactly what Show HNs are for. Tell the founders how they can improve such as including security and privacy information in their marketing materials.

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

#29

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!

I had a business that was a modern ATS. Then lever.co [1] came along, and I don't even think their business survived on the software alone as they had to transition into a full service recruiting/hiring company (but I could be wrong about this).

[1] https://www.lever.co/

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

#30

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 als…

Thank you for the comment! To be honest with you, I didn't expect to get this much traction but that's something I have been thinking about a lot lately for the future of the product. I'm still not sure the exact path of monetizing the product yet but I know I want After Interview to help people to get the job they want rather than selling data to companies.

Currently, companies can claim their company pages but exchange for uploading a company logo, description and maybe job listing.

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