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Here's how to apply for a job at a hot startup...

By | February 21, 2012, 5:05am PST

Summary: Here’s a great example of a modern job application…

Alice Lee just upped the ante by a factor of 100 in what you need to do to get noticed when applying for a job at a hot startup:

Click on the image to see the entire job application.

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In May 2004, Tom Foremski became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper, the Financial Times, to make a living as a full-time journalist blogger. He writes the popular news blog Silicon Valley Watcher--reporting on the business of Silicon Valley.

Tom arrived in San Francisco in 1984, and has covered US technology markets for leading computer journals around the world.

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daftkey Updated - 21st Feb
@oldsysprog

In this case, she was applying for a job at Instagram. I was half-expecting to see a thrown-together "Look at me - I'm cool too" type of resume, but in this case, she did it in a way that demonstrated that a) She knows "WHO" she's applying for a job with (true, this wouldn't work at a startup that provides, say, SaaS ERP services), b) she knows what she can offer, and c) her credentials to back it up.

I would fire the HR manager at a startup like Instagram if I ever heard her tossing an application like this in the circular file. Likewise, I'd fire the HR manager for granting an interview for such a candidate at a business such as WorkDay or Salesforce.
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RE: Here's how to apply for a job at a hot startup...
themarty 21st Feb
That would get my attention.
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It depends on the startup
oldsysprog 21st Feb
As a consultant I have screened canidates for startups, some places would love it, and others would junk it before it ever got to a manager. It really depends on the startup and their philosophy.
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daftkey Updated - 21st Feb
@oldsysprog

In this case, she was applying for a job at Instagram. I was half-expecting to see a thrown-together "Look at me - I'm cool too" type of resume, but in this case, she did it in a way that demonstrated that a) She knows "WHO" she's applying for a job with (true, this wouldn't work at a startup that provides, say, SaaS ERP services), b) she knows what she can offer, and c) her credentials to back it up.

I would fire the HR manager at a startup like Instagram if I ever heard her tossing an application like this in the circular file. Likewise, I'd fire the HR manager for granting an interview for such a candidate at a business such as WorkDay or Salesforce.
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RE: Here's how to apply for a job at a hot startup...
SlithyTove 21st Feb
Pretty clever.

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