Hiration YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Hiration went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 batch as a Consumer 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: Winter 2020
Industry: ConsumerJob and Career Services
Team size: 22
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Anish Raj SikkaFounder

What Hiration does

Our SaaS product solves the different problems that job seekers face in the process of finding a new job - creating an efficient resume, writing a cover letter/email, updating their LinkedIn profile, applying to suitable jobs, interview preparation... It's the 1st time in history that we've been able to create resumes using technology that surpass human made resumes. This is a novel way to add active job seekers to our database of resumes as none of the incumbents are focussing on candidates' problems. 100k+ new active job seekers are added to our database every month, growing rapidly. As the next step, we are launching a recruitment marketplace to close the loop.

Hiration's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hiration, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hiration

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We help job seekers quickly create resumes that get 2X more interviews

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

We build a SaaS product that helps job seekers create resumes that outperform human-made ones, write cover letters and emails, update LinkedIn profiles, find suitable jobs, and prepare for interviews. Next, we are launching a recruitment marketplace to complete the hiring cycle.

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

We live and operate out of New Delhi, India and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We have chosen New Delhi because that's where our team and users are. It lets us stay close to our job seeker customers and the growing recruiting ecosystem we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hiration YC application?

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