anaulin

An interesting idea. I'd like to see some numbers on how many teams does Stripe get applying for jobs this way. (I'd love to also see measures on how well the teams hired this way perform, and how well are employees retained, but that seems hard to measure.)

I am somewhat skeptical that this will be a great success. Just because a team performed well in one environment, it doesn't mean it will continue to do well in new circumstances (unless they are hired as external or independent consultants, as others have suggested in this thread).

As an individual looking for a job, I would also want to know if applying as a team lowers or increases my chances of getting an offer.

Science Exchange -- Palo Alto, CA http://www.scienceexchange.com

We've got a broad and meaningful vision: to improve the quality and efficiency of scientific research. Because we're still a small team, you'll be making a major contribution to the fulfillment of that vision from the moment you start.

We are looking for a frontend or UI engineer to co-own development of our rapidly evolving website experience, working closely with our designers to implement modern, performant UIs. Our stack is Rails + vanilla JS / JQuery + EmberJS. Full description of role: https://www.scienceexchange.com/jobs?gh_jid=12135

Software engineering and UX/UI designer openings also available. https://www.scienceexchange.com/jobs

Science Exchange -- Palo Alto, CA

We've got a broad and meaningful vision: to improve the quality and efficiency of scientific research. And because we're still a small team, you'll be making a major contribution to the fulfillment of that vision from the moment you start.

Current tech job openings:

- Software Engineer

- UI / Frontend engineer

- User Experience Designer

- User Interface Designer

http://www.scienceexchange.com/jobs

I (note: not the original commenter you are responding to) would say that "something to show" equals experience, but with more solid evidence. You could learn a lot and gain some experience and network and have fun just by participating in some open source project that interests you (or that uses some of the technologies that interest you). You can do that on the weekends or evenings while you keep your day job, it won't cost you anything, and in the worst case it is just good karma. ;-)

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=RossM

Why are we assuming that size of index => better search experience?

So obvious, and yet so difficult for bigger companies to get right.