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Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

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Re: Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Until I read this comment, I didn't realize those were all images instead of text. O_o

I have a habit of compulsively selecting text on webpages for no real reason. So I quickly realize when pages like this one aren't actually using text, and then I find it so distracting that I can't actually pay attention to anything and just give up.

I thought I was the only one...

Re: Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

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post #8

am I the only one fascinated by the use of images instead of text on the site?

I'm fascinated too, but not every text is an image. Certain ones (scroll to learn more, the navbar buttons, etc.) are pure text.

Inconsistency is my trigger! :P

Re: Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

#24
post #8

am I the only one fascinated by the use of images instead of text on the site?

If she doesn't have CSS chops, then it makes a lot of sense. Much easier to build the components in photoshop or whatever and just get them stitched together. It doesn't look like she's interested in any sort of development role, so it's not a skill I would expect her to have.

Re: Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

#25
1. This has been submitted before, 302 days ago in fact: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=nina4airbnb.com

2. This is actually a case study in how to market yourself: https://web.archive.org/web/20150714043548/http://media.wix....

3. From the case study:

These are the numbers:

• 445,000+ Visits to Nina4Airbnb

• Hundreds of thousands of Tweets and millions of impressions

• 30,000+ New visitors to my personal blog

• 14,000+ LinkedIn profile views

• 2,000+ Emails and messages of support from around the world

• Global media coverage

• An interview with Airbnb

• A pipeline of interviews with dozens of other high impact companies

4. This is her blog post about it: http://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the-...

5. Fireside chat: https://youtu.be/tcjaqeXjKuc?t=7m14s

Re: Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

#27
This made the circles ~a year ago when it was published, unfortunately didn't work out at AirBNB for Nina.

"Now, three months later, Mufleh tells Business Insider that Airbnb decided she wasn't the right candidate for the marketing role she had been considered for." (1)

But it's been succesful enough as a marketing piece to get her interviewed far-and-wide and - like a good marketer - she wrote a white paper to double down on the success.(2)

(1) http://www.businessinsider.com/the-resume-that-got-nina-mufl...

(2) http://www.nina4airbnb.com/#!whitepaper/c1e1m

Re: Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

#28

I think this worked out for Loren back in the day, right? http://thewc.co/misc/loren-wants-to-work-for-airbnb/

Yeahhhh... No it didn't. I was very surprised to learn he didn't land a job after he got an interview from Airbnb. I mean, seriously Loren showed some pretty good skill with that site.

Re: Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

#29
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Until I read this comment, I didn't realize those were all images instead of text. O_o

I have a habit of compulsively selecting text on webpages for no real reason. So I quickly realize when pages like this one aren't actually using text, and then I find it so distracting that I can't actually pay attention to anything and just give up.

I have the same habit but it was the retina screen that tipped me off. All the images are slightly blurry on a high-DPI display and I immediately notice because I've been spoiled by super sharp fonts and crisp images.
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