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Ask HN: Anonymous Recruiters Are Crazy

3 points by damechen ↗ HN
Recently I started to look for new job. First thing I did is to go to Linkedin and mark my status as actively looking for jobs. After that, I got lots of spams inMail message and direct cold emails from recruiters and creepy agencies. The funny thing is message content seems to be a template. I would never reply those ones.

Sometimes I asked recruiters about the hiring team and tech stacks they use, they just have no clue. I wish I could talk to hiring team directly.

Anybody has similar thoughts? If letting you to choose, would you prefer recruiters or hiring engineering team?

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bwb
Just saw this, any chance I could interview you for 15 min? I've got a startup where I am working on this very problem and I'd love to show you what we have for job seekers (we enable you to see tech stack and other options + ask questions). -> bwbbwb@gmail.com
damechen
what's the name of your startup? Can you share your page?
bwb
Yep WorkDNA, no webpage yet, we've got two clients as of last week! (we pivoted from building a meeting analytics and behavioral change platform for enterprise companies). My work email is ben@shepherd.com too.

You can see a slide deck showing our MVP here: https://speakerdeck.com/bwb/workdna-pitch?slide=13

We are basically a supercharged careers site designed for engineers by engineers. It is kinda like Zillow, when you look for a house you want to get a feel for what it would be like to live there, we do that but for engineering teams.