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The definitive list of openings at Applied, October 2018
As anyone following us on Twitter probably knows (HINT: you can follow us here @beapplied) we have recently closed our seed round. In case you havenāt seen it, here is the news:
If youāre reading this and youāre still thinking, āOkay, who even are these people?ā Let me tell you a storyā¦
Hiring (and being hired) is one of the most important things we do, but humans are frankly terrible at it. We look for the wrong things, weāre biased, and we donāt follow the data.
Applied is here to fix that. Weāre passionate about hiring the best person for the job regardless of race, gender or whether you come from the wrong part of town, whether youāre not what theyāre used to, or whether your dad plays golf with the CEO on weekends.
We help our customers hire with less bias, and greater precision. That makes them happy, but at the same time reduces social inequalityā¦ itās a win-win.
Our approach combines behavioural science with product design to radically rethink how teams select talent, so that the best person gets the job every time, irrespective of their backgroundā¦ and we donāt even need to break out the AI to do it. (Donāt worry, AI evangelists, weāre considering your feelings and formulating behind the scenes.)
Weāre just getting started, but so far weāve helped fill 2,000 roles on 5 continents, from CIOs and lawyers to refugees and disaster response workers, for great companies like Penguin and Hilton, great charities like Wellcome Trust and ActionAid, as well as government departments in the UK and around the world. You can read about us in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch and New Scientist.
Our sights are set much higher, and so it goes without saying that we need your help!
We need passionate, capable and empathetic people to take our company to the next level. If this sounds like you, or someone you know, have a look at our range of openings below.
Who are we looking for?
At Applied, weāre not looking for what a piece of paper said you achieved, weāre more interested in what takeaways you can bring to the table from your experiences. Everyone who has had a hand in building our platform has brought their own unique experiences; some of us didnāt have a degree, most of us didnāt take advanced studies in the role weāre currently focused on, some of us have lived corporate lives, some of us almost became stage performers. All of us are passionate about learning from our experiences to create the best workplace and product that we can.
So, it goes without saying that weāre open to candidates wherever theyāve derived their skill and passion for our roles.
Weāre looking for people who are impatient to deliver and keen to get involved ā full of ideas, energy, and an ability to inspire and support the growth of a team around them.
If you thrive on learning, are data-driven (but comfortable making decisions in conditions of uncertainty), have empathy and grit, then we think youāll love working with us. We canāt wait to meet you!
TL;DR ā These are the JOBS we are hiring for
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Our application process typically involves 1) your thoughtful responses to up to 5 well-scoped, actual problems that we care about at Applied, and 2) interviews (phone/video, and/or in person). (The first section cuts through the BS of updating your CV + an āis this person even real?ā phone interview or āwhat are your interests?ā chat with a recruiter.)
Yes, thatās literally two high-value sections! You will not be made to sit through endless rounds or random things; we care about your time as much as we hope you care about ours.
Some of the benefits of working with us include:
- equity in the business, and open and fair pay,
- work flexibility by default,
- interesting and inclusive socials that do not depend on (but can optionally have some) alcohol,
- the option to be to be engaged in other aspects of growing our business, from strategy, management and training š“to shaping team culture, or even contributing to our tongue-in-cheek Twitter feed š²
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Tell me more about the culture at Applied!
Company culture is really important, and we take a very mindful approach to this. You can read more about our ethos (with graphics) on our About page, but here is the short version:
- We have a loose philosophy that everyone has 100 points of talent. Some people have figured it out, most of us havenāt and are still discovering them. At Applied, everyone should have an opportunity to deploy what talents they know they have, and explore new ones.
- A wise person once told us that the only real metric that matters for deciding who to work with is talent over ego. We like that, but being believers in āgrowth mindsetsā, weād add hard work to the numerator. The bigger the ratio of talent and hard work over ego, the better.
- Weāre a platform built off the back of research, from insights born out of someoneās desire to find out what works. We work to carefully design tools, content and interactions that we think will work. We then analyse and test these assumptions till we can break them. While lots of time and effort will go into design, we end up with a bias for analytics and empiricism.
- Our biggest fear is that everything we do exists only on our computer screens, we want everybody at Applied to create and distribute as much learning as possible. Whether thatās with each other, or with the wider community, we value knowledge sharing immensely.
Here is how it works in real life:
Well, thatās all for now. Hopefully, youāve enjoyed this shameless promotional piece about us and the fact that WE ARE HIRING.
See you next time (or AT THE INTERVIEW ā apply now)! š
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