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Ask HN: Agree or Disagree?

Video+ Audio combined can showcase your soft+technical skills instantly.Showing your clarity, focus and ability directly to recruiters, hiring managers and companies.Why are we still using resume, job applications or static profiles then to showcase our skills.

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Re:Ask HN: How to get people to use your product? on Friday April 10, 2026 @02:14AM (#47714269)
Fair question.

I am not trying to build a LinkedIn alternative.

I am building around what LinkedIn doesn’t prioritize helping candidates demonstrate actual skills.

As people don’t just read about you, they experience how you think, communicate and present yourself.

A resume, job application and LinkedIn profile can’t capture that.

Building from zero around one question; can this person actually do and show what they say they can do?

Just your work, speaking for itself.

What do you think ?

Re:Ask HN: How to get people to use your product? on Thursday April 09, 2026 @03:09PM (#47708282)
Don’t you think just applying jobs won’t help much.

And creating a niche or targeting a particular audience is very difficult. As the problem is common for every industry.

The real challenge i see is for candidates, as skill visibility and talent discovery is the gap.

Ask HN: How to get people to use your product?

Hi all, I built a platform for candidates to get discovered and hired by their skills.Not getting enough engagement and seems people are just registering and not actively using the platform. Personally talked but users just wants jobs.Should I scrap the platform and build something new product or is it too early(been 2 months) ?Any suggestions or advice ?You can check out the...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related? on Thursday April 09, 2026 @12:13PM (#47705525)
https://Spotlytt.com

Spotlytt, get discovered and hired by your skills.

Stop applying. Start proving.

Spotlytt is a skill discovery platform to showcase your skills through videos and audios. As recruiters and hiring managers don’t just read about you, they experience how you think, communicate and present yourself.

Ask HN: Building a website to post free jobs

Hi all,I am building a website to post jobs for free. Would you be interested in posting jobs if you are hiring.If yes, comment and mention your email. I will reach out to you personally, will send you a link to fill in the job position details.We will post it for you on our website.

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Show HN: Spotlytt, Market your soft+technical skills to Hiring Team

https://spotlytt.comBuilt a platform for anyone who want to market soft+technical skills through audios and videos.For Candidates/Professionals/Students/Job Seekers - Create video resumes for free - Stand out with skill audios/videos, not just text - Skip the resume black hole forever - Get discovered by recruiters scrolling for talentFor Recruiters/Hiring Managers/Organizations - See...

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Re:Ask HN: Can you give me feedback on this feature on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @06:15PM (#47607236)
You are right, job boards solve the aggregation problem. What they don’t solve is still you have to manually sift through hundreds of listings.

Instead, the idea is to surface a small set of companies/jobs where you’re more likely to get a response.

Re:Ask HN: Can you give me feedback on this feature on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @06:04PM (#47607116)
How does anyone decide which companies to apply to?
Re:Ask HN: Can you give me feedback on this feature on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @05:26PM (#47606762)
Jobseeker tend to spend a lot of time finding companies and browsing through each companies website to find a position.

What if you don’t have to go to each companies individual website. Just select names of all the companies you like or know. The tool gives you a list of all the current jobs the company has posted. In this case multiple companies details all in one excel file.

Thus saving time on researching and rather focus on crafting your profile for that role.

From my conversations with recruiters from big or small organizations they already had a lot of options and tools to post and manage job postings and candidate pipeline. The only problem they kept on saying was that it’s difficult to find high quality or skilled candidates.

The problem I identified is that candidates are the ones who are actually struggling to standout in a crowded job market and get discovered by their skills.

So I built https://spotlytt.com

Never new recruiters had the problem of managing candidates.

My feedback. “Everying you need” section is little text heavy. If you can cut down little bit on it.

“Product tour” section I liked the most. Such clear understanding on what small agencies are getting.

Ask HN: Can you give me feedback on this feature

I am planning to add a feature on my platform where you select the companies you want to apply. The web crawlers crawls the website of all the companies you selected and gives you a list of all the current jobs the company has on their website in an excel file along with Job Title and Link to Apply.Do you think, it might save you time or you want some other tool that can simplify your job...

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Very interesting stats. Your website interface, design is also easy to use.

A question for you. Did you built it, just for fun to compare EU vs the world or is there some insight that you are trying to share ?

forget to add one stat. Europe is the place where both World War I and World War II started.

Re:Show HN: Spotlytt, A platform to create video resumes on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @03:11PM (#47592045)
Feel free to try out. If you like it.

https://spotlytt.com

Show HN: Spotlytt, A platform to create video resumes

Built a platform for anyone who want to create video resumes for free and talk about your skills.Share your real personality through media and not through text.We are also working on a feature where you can select list of all companies you want to apply and the system will give you a list of all the current jobs of that company with a link in an excel file.

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Re:Show HN: 82.2M startup alternative for Product Demos on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @02:29PM (#47521311)
Can you elaborate what exactly is the problem and what is your solution.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:28PM (#47265299)
Will you consider my application, if I apply from Mumbai, India ?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:24PM (#47265245)
Will you consider my application if I apply from Mumbai ?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:20PM (#47265200)
Will you consider my application if I apply from Mumbai, India ?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:17PM (#47265160)
Will you consider my application if I apply from Mumbai, India ?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:11PM (#47265094)
Will you consider if I apply from Mumbai ?
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:57AM (#47258434)
Hi James,

I am Parag,from Mumbai. Building Spotlytt (www.spotlytt.com) a skill discovery platform for professionals to showcase their skills through videos and audios.

Saw your profile, I am looking for someone who can take ownership. if you are interested in the idea and are open to discussion let's connect.

[email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:25AM (#47258226)
Hey Darshan,

I am from Mumbai. Building Spotlytt (www.spotlytt.com) a skill discovery platform for professionals to showcase their skills through videos and audios.

Saw your profile, if you are interested in the idea and are open to discussion let's connect.

[email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026) on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @04:53AM (#47245282)
Spotlytt | https://spotlytt.com | Remote or Mumbai | Full-Time

Spotlytt is a skill discovery platform for professionals to showcase their skills through videos and audios. Let people see what you really can do. Build your visibility beyond resumes and job applications

Looking to partner:

* Co-Founder/CTO | Remote or Mumbai | Equity or ESOPs

Email: [email protected]

Feel free to share any feedback or profile, if you are interested.

Re:Show HN: SPOTLYTT - STANDOUT AND GET DISCOVERED BY SKILLS on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @03:32AM (#47244694)
> The upper case was written intentionally, so that the post wouldn't get buried. I understand now how that would have come across.

> On "40x" was to demonstrate impact, not a published statistic. If I frame it something as measurable, I should back it with data. The goal is to test whether demonstrated skill (video/audio) may build trust and signal faster than text profiles.

Appreciate you for flagging both the points.

If you want, check out the Future of Jobs 2025 report by World Economic Forum. The report highlights the growing shift towards skill based hiring by demonstrating your skills. The medium (videos and audios) are possible ways to support that shift which I am trying.

Re:Show HN: SPOTLYTT - STANDOUT AND GET DISCOVERED BY SKILLS on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @01:59AM (#47244079)
Feel free to try it out and contact guys.

Show HN: SPOTLYTT - STANDOUT AND GET DISCOVERED BY SKILLS

https://spotlytt.com

Hello Everyone,I built Spotlytt (www.spotlytt.com). Looking for everybody to try it out. Not marketing and promoting here. As of now only 3 users have signed up from the launch date (i.e. 24th Feb,2026). 30-40 unique visitors daily.Just looking for straight feedback, if you guys might be interested in trying out something new in professional networking. Website is live. Have to take little pain...

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