- Async was born out of necessity
- UX Cabin needed to hire quickly and efficiently, but didn’t have the time to do so
- typically Seth can understand a candidate’s capabilities after two interviews, but wanted more beyond on paper (resume, portfolio) intros and something faster
- Seth typically asks for an intro video from the candidate to jumpstart the hiring process
- more personable
- shows sincerity
- Async
- create a social platform for UX designers
- leverage the profile aspect of a social platform to make it easier to apply to jobs for designers, that employers can check out past work
- a premium service that allows the interviewees to pull up a quick, 5-minute Loom video to as a strong intro to any employers about their past work
- Seth is looking for us to find true value for the product itself
- the flow is suggestive, not to be prescriptive
- video playback platform to be discussed
- third party platform (Youtube, Daily Motion, Vimeo, etc.)
- our own video playback platform (may be too tech heavy)
- Screening questions
- screening questions should standardized
- monetization option: allow employers to add more (customizable) screening questions
- Interviewee monetization options
- pay a certain amount to receive training on video recording
- User base
- job seekers
- can be refined, mostly to new career transitioners, juniors
- employers
- start-ups, small to medium sized company who is looking to expedite the hiring process but don’t have a lot of money to do so
- Competitors
- Features to be focused on
- video recording feature
- how do people feel about recording a video?
- do people understand the benefits of recording a video? would they be motivated to use this?
- would users want coaching on the video recording aspect
- Seth wants…
- clarity on the best way, the most comfortable way for people to record their interview processes
- how formal or informal should the site be, how people would react to it