Career Fair
Productivity
career research
SHOW HN2020
161points
36comments
#370of 3,028 in 2020
Top 13%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
6 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea that fills a gap in career information
From 5 comments
Tech recruiter from Zurich here. Great idea. Do you consider to add geographic information? The same job can be quite different in different locations; work conditions and laws…
iwangulenko on HNLove the idea! I read through VC Associate and had a couple ideas: - A list of industry-specific terminology used in the interview at the top. I was unfamiliar with the concept…
rkho on HNGreat idea. I'd thought of something similar but never got around to it. You can maybe explore Role/Team/Company (ex:Brand Manager/Consumer Product/FMCG company)as title…
throwaway_78321 on HNThis is awesome. I was thinking about something similar. There is currently nothing right now which tells you about the day-to-day workings of several professions. Watching this…
bias_var on HNNice idea! A couple of months ago I read a book from Stanford professor about design thinking method approaching to live. Almost the same - to understand would you love this work…
NotJustSerafim on HN
Interviews are interesting to read
From 1 comment
Love this idea. Found myself reading several of the interviews. Only feedback is I wish they were longer, more detailed.
taylortrusty on HN
Objections
Interviews are too short and shallow
From 3 comments
Love the site. Read a few interviews. I agree with the comment about wishing the interviews were longer and more fleshed out. Take for instance astronaut. Although it offered…
bko on HNLove this idea. Found myself reading several of the interviews. Only feedback is I wish they were longer, more detailed.
taylortrusty on HNThe Product Manager role doesn't mention anything about talking to users. I guess you can't make people say things in interviews, but that is really weird.
onion2k on HN
Some interviews appear scraped from Reddit AMAs without attribution
From 3 comments
The "interviews" seem to be scraped from Reddit AMAs, take the veterinarian one: https://www.careerfair.io/reviews/veterinarian. The first question seems to be exactly this…
starpilot on HNThen the proper way to do this is list the sources at the bottom of each.
taylortrusty on HNYou could at least put some attribution
staz on HN
Unclear how entries are validated as genuine
From 1 comment
Good effort. How do I know these are valid entries ?
cryptozeus on HN
Mobile design is messy
From 1 comment
I love the overall idea but the design on mobile is messy !
saadalem on HN
Input sanitization vulnerability (XSS)
From 1 comment
Hey - Nice Site. I noticed the below vuln because you currently aren't filtering inputs sufficiently. The validation looked weak as it was rendering html, so I did a bit of…
Closi on HN
Requests
Longer, more detailed interviews
From 2 comments
Love the site. Read a few interviews. I agree with the comment about wishing the interviews were longer and more fleshed out. Take for instance astronaut. Although it offered…
bko on HNLove this idea. Found myself reading several of the interviews. Only feedback is I wish they were longer, more detailed.
taylortrusty on HN
Add geographic information
From 1 comment
Tech recruiter from Zurich here. Great idea. Do you consider to add geographic information? The same job can be quite different in different locations; work conditions and laws…
iwangulenko on HN
Attribute sources for interviews
From 2 comments
Then the proper way to do this is list the sources at the bottom of each.
taylortrusty on HNYou could at least put some attribution
staz on HN
Glossary of industry terms
From 1 comment
Love the idea! I read through VC Associate and had a couple ideas: - A list of industry-specific terminology used in the interview at the top. I was unfamiliar with the concept…
rkho on HN
Follow-up questions or contact with interviewees
From 1 comment
Love the idea! I read through VC Associate and had a couple ideas: - A list of industry-specific terminology used in the interview at the top. I was unfamiliar with the concept…
rkho on HN
Questions
How are multiple viewpoints for the same job handled
From 1 comment
Cool idea: how are you planning to handle multiple view points or postings for the same job type?
evanmaynard1 on HN
How do we know entries are valid
From 1 comment
Good effort. How do I know these are valid entries ?
cryptozeus on HN
Alternatives named
careerfairy.io
From 1 comment
Check out careerfairy.io - the interactive version of careerfair.io :-)
thomas-schulz on HN