Chris Messina

HEROES JOBS - Stories for jobs. Because cover letters suck! 🤳✨

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Heroes helps recent grads find their first job or internship using a 60 sec video pitch with an app:

1 - Candidates discover companies and their offices with a 60' video pitch of the team.

2 - Like a first interview, the student can apply to the job answering pre-recorded questions asked by the team to show their personality!

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Yann
How do you avoid creating a company full of extroverts? I personally see the appeal but I think this would be off-putting for people that are more on the shy side or introvert. Not everyone is comfortable jumping in front of a camera and some people express themselves much better through writing.
Tristan J Petit
@yannschaub @pbmarcano You guys are totally right to raise this question - that's why it is super important to have a variety of people representing the company on the camera and asking the questions to the candidate. This way it will be appealing to anyone. - At the same time, compared to other video recruitment tools where candidates are being asked to answer live questions, with Heroes, they can record and redo the video as many times as they want, before they feel confident enough to go to the next step. - I would add that the recruiter isn’t a film director looking for the next Johnny Depp… They are mainly looking for great content. Candidates will have a physical interview at some point, video just makes the process faster and smoother for everyone in most cases. - Finally, for sales or customer service positions, companies sometimes need to filter out on the degree of confidence/extraversion. I hope that it clarifies some doubts you might have and happy to continue the discussion.
VicNourrissat
Greatest UX I've seen in a long time !
Tristan J Petit
@vicnourrissat we really appreciate the kind words, the work has paid thanks to the amazing team we have behind us! Let's keep improving now!
Amir Reza Malekzadeh
Great app, super fast, intuitive and effective. Would recommend it to any recent grads looking for that first job!
Tristan J Petit
@amir__reza Glad you liked it, please do share amongst the recent grads!!
mcfly
Don't know if that could work but definitely a good idea !
Tristan J Petit
@mcflydev Thanks a lot for the upvote. To answer your doubts, Heroes is actually working since we already had +10k applications in only a few months in Europe. For this reason, we decided to come and launch in the US, starting with the bay area. Our team is everyday on campuses with the students since the start of the fall semester and they already love it for three main reason: 1/They can reach out directly to the best companies, like a first interview but asynchronous 2/They take 10min of selfies per day and are used to this way of communicating 3/They receive an answer within a week, because employers are a lot more responsive to a personalized video. Hope this helps and happy to answer other question you might have.
mcfly
@tristanpetitw that is what i call a great answer with strong arguments. Thank you for it. I really love when people try to change things and this is what you are doing with this. Good luck from an entrepreneur and innovation enthusiast
Edouard Caraco
Great concept, super cool user experience on both sides (companies and applicants). Well done guys!
Tristan J Petit
@edouard_caraco A cool user experience on BOTH sides is key, too often its one over the other!! thanks again
Antoine Scalia
Great product. They manage to reduce the useless pains of hiring process, both for employers and employees. And super great and innovative UX !!
Carlos Diaz

DISCLAIMER: I am an investor in Heroes.

Great team, very driven and passionate. I like the idea of turning the recruiting process into a two-sided video story. Pitch back!

Pros:

Make recruitment great again

Cons:

Founders haircut

Tanguy Le Quilliec
Just a question: what about the diversity in companies ? How do you make sure that the candidates in the videos won’t be discriminated against?
Tristan J Petit
@tanguy_le_quilliec We take this question very seriously. From Day 1 we built Heroes with one objective: to give voice to talents. The applicants that apply with Heroes manage to stand-out thanks to their personality in their video pitch. We want to fight against any barriers or bias they might encounter when sending a cover letter/resume with just a name written on a piece of paper... On the other side we want to help companies diversify their teams!!
Victoria Laubie
Can candidates send the same video to all companies?
Tristan J Petit
Hey, @victoria_laubie as talents answer different video-questions for each companies, they cannot send the same application to all -- like they do on other platforms sending the same cover letter or video... Only the most motivated talents apply, keeping the amount of applications at a minimum. That's how our applicant per hire ratio is 2%, which is 10x better than the industry average :)
Alexander Smekhov
Wonderful idea, it will create the more correct image for student and employer about each other. Hope for development this idea for all job seekers.
Tristan J Petit
@bitrewards Thank you, your support means a lot. Happy to see that you are also sharing our vision!
Yann Petretti
Love it ! straight up question : does the app work when I start my application ?
Tristan J Petit
@yann_petretti Don't worry, when you click on “apply,” nothing will be sent to the employers before your validation. You can re-record your answers as many times as you want. We implemented tips and guidance for candidates along the way so they can have a smooth and stress-free experience ;)
Hugo Revel
Recruitment process has just become a lot cooler! Great UX!
Daniel Cipenuks
Recruitment process has just become a lot quicker! Great UX!
Adrien Guilmineau
Have known @tristanpetitw, @cyriac_l and Adrien de Wulf for some time now. Have been impressed by their product execution and initial traction in France. Excited to see them go after the massive student recruitment opportunity in the bay area. Congrats guys!
Tristan J Petit
@aguilmineau Means a lot, thanks Adrien, all the best on your side too!
Rédouane Rmdn
Great product, could completely change the way we apply to jobs!
Grégory Besson

This is definitely the way companies should recruit their talents. Quick, easy, fun, this makes the process of recruitment more fluid and natural.

Pros:

fun, easy and sooooo useful.

Cons:

Cons ? no such thing in Heroes Job

Tristan J Petit
Hi Grégory, your support and feedback means a lot to our team! glad that you share our vision. Thank you
Savelii Kovalenko
Don't like the idea. LOVE IT. I like how it can save time for both sides and allows candidates to show much more than just a piece of writing. Wish you great future 🌟
Arthur Pernot
Love the concept and the UX, Wish I could have a product like that back when I was a student ! Congrats guys
Erik Fiala
This is an amazing idea! Looking forward to see you guys grow rapidly. This should be the new normal, and replacement for cover letters. 🚀
Inés Scv

So convenient, so easy! Makes recruiting the best it can be. Great applicants, great service, great experience with HEROES. We're so happy with the HEROES guys we've hired! Thanks guys <3

Pros:

So so so great

Cons:

Nothing to say!