Comment by anonymoose85
4 years ago
Anon for a reason; At one point they were looking for a growth person; on a lark I tried to use their service to apply for the job by signing up and using their service to do/coordinate the various steps.
My thought was (and someone on their side could have seen this as well) it would make a great piece for earned media later as I could say I got the job at getmagic by using the service...which is the kind of thing you'd want your growth person thinking about.
They were almost allergic to this idea the entire time, it was kinda crazy the friction I got from what I was asking them to do. I was also doing it as a test of them as well, so glad I thought of that angle.
That was actually quite a clever idea. It would have definitely caught my attention as a tech hiring manager. I guess you learned that the company doesn't think about growth media like you do. That's unfortunate as their service would seem to lend itself to creatively unconventional approaches.
When I applied to Atlassian, I had actually been tired of banks and searched Google for “Best startup in Sydney”. HR was in rage that I hadn’t kept the screenshot ;)