Careerist YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Careerist went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a Education company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2021
Industry: Education
Team size: 100
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Ivan TsybaevFounder
Max GlubochanskyCo-Founder & CBO
Max GusakovFounder

What Careerist does

Careerist is an ed-fintech platform that trains job seekers for tech careers (in QA, Sales, Support & more), finances them and automates their job hunting. Our B2B2C platform aggregates job seekers, tutors and employers - streamlining training and placement. Techcrunch: "Edtech meets SaaS in Careerist’s job placement learning platform. The startup trains job seekers through live and self-paced training taught by third-party tutors. The adaptive learning software is meant to help candidates prep for tech interviews. Once a candidate is well equipped, Careerist uses automation to help them apply for jobs."

Careerist's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Careerist, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Careerist

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Learning platform for job seekers with job applications automation

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built an ed-fintech platform for job seekers training and job hunting automation. Our product trains candidates in tech roles like QA, Sales, and Support through live and self-paced courses taught by third-party tutors. After training, we use software to automate their job applications to employers.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in Sunnyvale, CA and operate remotely. After YC we'll continue to be based in Sunnyvale with remote teams.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Sunnyvale is central for our engineering and product teams and close to the tech job markets our users target. Remote work helps us hire tutors and staff broadly without location limits.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Careerist YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Careerist's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Careerist would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.