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

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Post by Symbiote »

abalone wrote: post #27
rpedela wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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, no…

> Detail how you ensure privacy and secure data. That should be…

I assume the app will target American users, but it could be useful to think through the privacy and data security with the EU GDPR — where that "should" becomes a "must".

I'll just copy a few bits, but the articles here are the most relevant:

https://gdpr-info.eu/art-13-gdpr/ : "Provide the data subject with ... the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended as well as the legal basis for the processing ... the recipients or categories of recipients of the personal data, if any"

Is the data shared with anyone?

https://gdpr-info.eu/art-30-gdpr/ : "...shall maintain a record of ... the envisaged time limits for erasure of the different categories of data ... a general description of the technical and organisational security measures ..."

How long is data kept after the interviews are completed?

https://gdpr-info.eu/art-32-gdpr/ : "The controller and processor shall take steps to ensure that any natural person acting under the authority of the controller or the processor who has access to personal data does not process them except on instructions from the controller, unless he or she is required to do so by Union or Member State law."

Can your developers access private data?

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

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Post by BadassFractal »

justboxing wrote: post #59

> Interview feedback - Give interview feedback to your interviewer and get feedback back. I'd be very surprised (and impressed) if any interviewer gives honest feedback on the interview, in writing (via the app), esp. in cases where candidate was rejected / didn't receive an offer. Cos that would have a discrimination lawsuit written all over it. HR and/or Recruiters also never gives candid feedback for the same reas…

Only takes one physical threat from a rejected candidate with a bruised ego to never want to provide people with feedback again. The returns are just not there.

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

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Post by devmunchies »

justboxing wrote: post #59

> Interview feedback - Give interview feedback to your interviewer and get feedback back. I'd be very surprised (and impressed) if any interviewer gives honest feedback on the interview, in writing (via the app), esp. in cases where candidate was rejected / didn't receive an offer. Cos that would have a discrimination lawsuit written all over it. HR and/or Recruiters also never gives candid feedback for the same reas…

I got clear feedback from Google, Box, and Clearbit about what they didn’t like about the on-sites in my last job search 2 months ago.

At google I did bad in one of the technical questions (they told me which), box said I didn’t seem excited about the company (true), and Clearbit said I wasn’t able to implement a simple solution to a complex problem (because I was forced to use ruby and was rusty).

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

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Post by [deleted] »

WestCoastJustin wrote: post #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 als…

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

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Post by nell »

ohsik wrote: post #30
WestCoastJustin wrote: post #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 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 exch…

If enough people join, you can track response times, candidate experience, offer etc and surface data about that for paying customers.

I haven’t looked at your product, but the premise is very real. It would be good to know what companies to apply for based a bunch of variables.

In theory Glassdoor could build that, but their interests are not best aligned to the candidate.

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

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Post by pokler »

aphextron wrote: post #39

Has anyone else had a hell of a time finding a job in SF lately? It seems like there is so much competition now I literally can't even get an in-person interview. It's a total shift from 5 years ago when people were begging you to come in after a quick phone screen. Now it's nothing but automated responses with Triplebyte quizzes and getting ghosted.

I haven't been looking lately, but in the past year, I had no problem getting interviews at FAANG, some unicorns, and some series C/D startups. I didn't even have to apply for several of the positions, a recruiter reached out to me.

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

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Post by antisthenes »

Getting an interview is the biggest hurdle. I can usually count the number of interviews with my fingers, at least from the companies I'd want to work for - that is, it's usually under 5, most often 2-3, sometimes just 1.

Definitely don't need another login/app to manage them.

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