If people talk about the life of startups, the first thing that comes to mind is the table tennis table and the random beer bottles in the office, no wonder those graduating college graduates and the seasoned job seekers are now flocking to the ranks of startups.
But there are advantages and disadvantages to being able to work in a start-up. And there are some places that are actually very attractive, such as some companies will have a very flexible working hours, enviable work/life balance, and you may also be in the field with the best and most outstanding group of people, etc., and so on.
And below, we've also summarized the recent recruitment of startups in the industry, and I think we can get to the bottom of this:
ZocDoc
ZOCDOC can help patients find local doctors and can provide doctor appointments, ZocDoc is free, and supports online services and mobile app services. The following is the information given by the company's chief manpower officer, Netta Samroengraja.
Headquarters location: New York State New York. Global recruitment is currently underway.
Company culture: Open, with sex, collaboration and lively. The communication between employees is to get straight to the point, so create a very good atmosphere, the company not only strongly encourage everyone to speak freely, but also expect everyone to open up.
Core value: "Make the job happy." Employees can have a table tennis match with your manager at lunch break, we also hold corporate plenary meetings every week, and we try to inject happy elements into every day's work.
Company benefits: The company has a relaxed atmosphere, and personnel in the company's internal changes are also very flexible, can be very good inside the company's development, the company's leadership is very open. As the company grows, employees have plenty of opportunities to take on more responsibility, they have autonomy over many projects, and these projects are important to the company so that employees can gain valuable hands-on experience.
Ideal candidate Profile: Candidates need to be passionate about a company's mission, need to have a record of success stories, and have strong instincts. We especially need candidates with some soft skills, such as "humble Ambition", which has two words, one is humility, the other is ambition, this soft skill is difficult to teach.
Candidates should:
· The ability to channel passion into the company.
· "Break the Noise" and show their personalities in the application/resume/cover letter/interview process.
· Do your homework before you do it.
· Have an opinion on how to improve your company.
Recruitment process: We found an employee who served others well in a restaurant. We've hired professional athletes, musicians, stage actors, scientists, street-canvassing, and so on-because one of the main principles we recruit is that we know there are good people everywhere. We attach great importance to looking for these excellent people, if someone to help us recommend ZocDoc candidate, and he/she was eventually recruited by us, then we will give the referral to an ipad!
Pivotal
Pivotal is at the crossroads of large data, platform, Services (PaaS), and agile development. Pivotal can help enterprises transform into excellent software companies. Here is the information given by Joe Militello, vice president of human resources at the company.
Headquarters location: San Francisco, California, currently recruiting worldwide
Company culture: Dynamic capability. Working in a pivotal company is like joining a All-Star team. We implement the concept of collaborative work, the working environment is very casual. In fact, many of our programmers work in pairs, using two keyboards, two mice, and one computer to develop the same software on each workstation. We turn this pattern into pairing programming, which means that two of people's brains need to be focused and seamless, just as a person works, and all the code in our company requires at least two people to work through. This company culture allows engineers to learn from each other, such as finding solutions to problems, learning programming languages, and so on, greatly simplifying the coding process.
Company slogan: Paul Maritz, our company's chief executive, often inspires us to "give more than we get," and not only focus on what we do, but also what we do.
Company benefits: One of the coolest things about pivotal company is that we can provide the best of both worlds for our employees. We have the characteristics of startups, everyone in the company feels like we have a mission to change the world, and we're ready to go public. We also have the advantage of big companies, our investors (Emc,ge, and VMware) to give the company a great deal of financial support. Our financial position is more stable than the average start-up, which helps us to further expand the market.
Our employees know that they can have a huge impact every day when they go to work. Of course, we are also happy to provide free daily breakfast and snacks for our staff, we will have a regular rest time, live yoga, our working environment is very friendly, you can even bring your own dog to come.
Ideal candidate Profile: passion, cleverness, understanding
Candidates should:
· Creative.
· Good cooperation ability.
· Be passionate and look for challenges.
· Be passionate and enthusiastic about your work and be ambitious.
· Willing to take risks
· Know how to express different points of view and risk, with a new perspective to think about solving problems.
Recruitment process: We still have some requirements for the expected candidates, and we know it ourselves. During the interview we will have a meaningful conversation with the candidate. Of course, if the first choice is not ready now, we also hope to maintain a long-term relationship with them, if the time is right, we will welcome them to join us.
We have a executive Outreach program project that is also very successful: Our top executives are willing to call candidates directly or meet them, and for those very competitive candidates, company executives will even fly in person. It represents the commitment and enthusiasm of the company's executive team.
Airware
Airware is building an aerial information platform to provide development and secure operational services for commercial drones. Lisa Rogers, the company's human resources director, answered the questions:
Headquarters location: San Francisco, California, currently recruiting in the San Francisco area
Company culture: Airware provides technical services to UAVs, we have a team, including software, hardware, aerospace, and creative and experienced firmware experts, the entire team is a unique talent mix, and currently in the Bay Area of the other start-up companies completely different. Our working environment is very good, colleagues respect each other, collaboration, but also continuous learning and progress, the feeling is that we together, is to have lofty goals.
Our core values are autonomy, excellence, community, and continuous ascension. We are looking for good people to join us every day.
Ideal Candidate Profile: we want to find some people who are constantly learning, they need to constantly improve themselves, willing to take on their own work, of course, employees will have a lot of fun when the company is on vacation. We look for people who can really work together and have passion when they do things.
Candidates should:
· Try to keep improving and learn new things.
· Contribute to the company's projects and help the company develop.
· show what you've done and what you've been doing, and explain why you like it.
· Demonstrate your competitiveness, contributions to other tech communities, or related aviation industry projects and jobs.
Coinbase
Coinbase offers an international digital wallet service that allows users to securely buy, use, and accept bitcoin. Nathalie McGrath, head of human resources at the company, answered the questions:
Headquarters location: California State San Francisco, currently a local photo in San Francisco, is also seeking remote staff across the United States.
Company culture: Our culture is really passionate about Bitcoin, and Bitcoin is a link between our employees and our culture. For example, we use Bitcoin to buy snacks, special purchases of office furniture on the Overstock.com website, and special purchases of daily lunches and dinners.
Coinbase's working environment is collaborative and productive, we have team events every week, including weekly team meetings, rock climbing every Wednesday, and parties every Friday.
Company benefits: Our working hours and workplaces are flexible, with delicious food in the office, a special lunch break and a playroom. We have complete medical benefits, as well as a gym equipped with top fitness equipment and tools. We want our employees to be successful and we will provide them with the resources to help them achieve their goals.
Our employees ' salaries are paid in Bitcoin, which shows our confidence in the new currency. If a new employee recommends to a friend or family member who has no Bitcoin, he will receive a $50 dollar reward. We are builders and value-creating, and we provide a productive environment for all our employees.
Ideal candidate Profile: smart, efficient, easy to get along with. The candidate needs to be passionate because it's a chance to change the world, and that's why every one of us is working hard every day.
Candidates should:
· Tell us about the work we did before.
· Keep a passion for learning.
· Have a passion for Bitcoin.
New Relic
New Relic is a software analytics company that provides monitoring services for millions of of app applications. Steve McElfresh, vice president of the company's human operations, answered the questions:
Headquarters location: California State San Francisco, with offices in Oregon State Portland, Washington State Seattle, and Dublin, Ireland, is currently recruiting globally.
Company culture: We will solve some of the most difficult problems in the software field. In New Relic company, people can complete their work, but also by people around the idea of inspiration, can say that new relic has the industry's best team, more full of fun.
The New relic has revolutionized applications, mobility, and browsers, and it's more about employee careers than the traditional business.
Ideal Candidate Profile: We need people who can work well together, and learn to improve themselves, and to find opportunities from places where people are afraid to explore.
Candidates should:
· Let's look at some of the things we do in this company.
· Understand our products.
· Be prepared for issues that may be involved in the company and at work.
· Prepare a case for solving real-time collaboration problems.
· Demonstrate a passion for life outside of work and a humorous attitude.
Lyft
Lyft is a mobile app that offers private car rides. Frank Yoo, the company's product design director, answered questions about recruiting:
Headquarters location: California State San Francisco, currently recruiting in San Francisco and New York.
Company culture: When you walk into the door of the Lyft company headquarters, the feeling of fullness fills up immediately. The company's working environment is very busy and, of course, exciting, and everyone in the Lyft company has the ability to exert great influence on the company. Lyft Company is like a big family, we are very open to each other, and also honest with each other, in the victory we will celebrate together, when the difficulties will be like a collective team to face together.
Most importantly, our products can help people communicate with their neighbors. Through Lyft, we can cultivate meaningful friendship between people. For me personally, I can't imagine anything more valuable than this. Lyft's corporate culture is our community products, and each decision is the company involved in the development of the company, work in Lyft, will be very exciting.
Ideal candidate Profile: Candidates need to show us their mastery of tools and special skills, as well as communication skills beyond their professional field, and positive mental and healthy attitudes will add points for you.
Candidates should:
· Have a wealth of work experience, and to elaborate a case that reflects your attention to detail.
· Prepare for a short, excellent speech.
· will be challenged. Our problem does not have the right answer, but it should be able to test your communication skills.
· Know how to manage your time.
· Play to your strengths.
· Bring new things to the team--not just a screw in the machine.
· Research products, use it, have your own point of view.
Pinterest
Pinterest is a visual discovery tool where you can find a lot of inspiration for your projects and interests. Adam Ward, the company's technical hiring manager, answered questions about recruitment:
Headquarters location: California State San Francisco, currently recruiting in the United States, but the recruitment area is mainly concentrated in California State, Chicago, and New York.
Company culture: Pinterest's corporate culture is actually a collaborative community, where there are employees who are serious and creative, full of passion and help millions of people get inspired in their daily lives. We will organize the company team to build our products with the user as the center.
Ideal candidate Profile: Candidates need to have a strong curiosity, we want to recruit people who have the heart to change the world, our products can help people find their favorite things, the same, we look for people to be able to play their own talents to pursue their favorite things. We are also looking for authenticity and innovation.
Candidates should:
· Be able to give feedback through their own ways. Perhaps some people give their own feedback, will cause the majority of the opposition, but we are looking for the person, is to be brave to express themselves.
· Be excited and curious about our products.
· Show the most authentic self: In the interview process, the candidate will often want to behave not like themselves, so the results of the interview is not satisfactory, to do the most authentic himself.
· Smart, honest, and keep your curiosity.
Recruitment process: We are a company with a sense of mission, more clear values. We will interview with the candidate, there will also be other team leaders to jointly assess the candidate, the candidate needs to show us their value, such as you can give us a very good impression, or to give an example to show that we are still very creative, we will give employees a lot of autonomy, Let them take practical action to solve the problem. We need to recruit staff to be approachable and also like to solve various problems.
Rent the runway
Rent the runway is a company that offers one-stop clothing and accessories leasing services that are recommended by renowned designers. Aja Deodato, director of human and corporate culture of the company, answered our questions about recruitment:
Headquarters location: New York State New York. Currently recruiting in the United States, but the main focus of recruitment areas for New York, New Jersey, and Las Vegas.
Company culture: Since the establishment of the company in 2009, Rent the runway with a high growth rate. Now the company has 250 employees. Rent the runway company culture has not changed, is a big family feeling. The company is like a supportive community that encourages and guides every employee, whether you're a newcomer to the company or a company executive, and can get help. The company has a core value, that is "dream and pursuit" and every employee in the company is working for this value.
The ideal candidate profile: First and foremost, we are looking for candidates with entrepreneurial spirit. Ideally, he or she should be the person who wants to change the status quo, and the candidate needs to be an independent thinker who can do the work on his own.
Collaboration is the essence of rent the runway company, and we also expect employees to thrive in a team environment. Finally, the person we are looking for must be kind and he/she needs to be helpful to our community and make our community more interesting and appealing.
Candidates should:
· Willing to take risks, show us a positive attitude, and even be a bit competitive.
· We hope that the candidate can show his/her unique personality, very welcome.
· Show us your passion for the business.
Recruitment process: In addition to regular interviews, each candidate will have a cultural interview with Rent's HR team or senior executives to see if they can adapt to the company's culture. In addition, the company examines employees ' skills and past work experience to see if they are fit to work with other members of the team.