Launch HN: Hatchways (YC S19) – Internships Instead of Interviews
Hi HN, My name is Jaclyn Ling and I'm the co-founder/CEO of Hatchways ( https://hatchways.io ). We make it easier to get your first job. More specifically, we help talented engineers who may not shine in traditional recruitment processes (resume + multiple interview processes) get opportunities to prove themselves on the job. We do this by using a practical skill-based assessment as a proxy for the resume, and then matching them to startups for paid internships, as a way to reduce full-time interview processes. As a new grad without relevant work experience, or as a career shifter without a relevant degree, getting a first job is very painful. You spend months preparing for interviews that don’t reflect the job, you send hundreds of resumes out that go unanswered, and when you actually get interviews, getting through five rounds successfully is like a lottery. I’ve be
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Hi HN, My name is Jaclyn Ling and I'm the co-founder/CEO of Hatchways ( https://hatchways.io ). We make it easier to get your first job. More specifically, we help talented engineers who may not shine in traditional recruitment processes (resume + multiple int
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- jaclynmling
- Ended
- 2019
- Source
- hackernews