In today's competitive job market, people are always looking for creative ways to make themselves stand out. From eye-catching resumes to interactive portfolios, the options are endless. Well, one candidate went above and beyond by delivering his job application along with a pizza to the company's office, hoping to secure an interview. Matthew Parkhurst, CEO of the New York-based startup Antimetal, was so impressed by this unconventional approach that he shared a post about the applicant on X, formerly Twitter.
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“David,” an aspiring intern, sent a pizza to the office of the company he hoped to intern with along with his resume. It was accompanied by a handwritten note which showed his eagerness to join their team as an engineering intern. In his note, David jokingly admitted that the pizza was a bribe to entice the hiring team to review his website and portfolio.
He wrote, “Hey Antimetal team, congrats on the recent launch. Inspired by Antimetal's brief stint as slices as a service company, please enjoy this pizza. I've also brought a copy of my resume as an application for the engineering intern position. I'm super excited by the opportunity and am driven to do what it takes. PS: This is basically a bribe for you to go to my site. P.P.S. I've made a small PR to fix some links in your docs.”
This unconventional method certainly grabbed the attention of the hiring team and showed David's initiative and out-of-the-box (pizza) thinking.
The Anitimetal CEO wrote in the caption, “Another internship application - came to our office and dropped off a pizza with his resume. Even pushed a PR to fix 2 links in our docs prior. 100% getting an interview.”
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A user commented, “Nah this is not an interview this is an automatic job offer.”
Another user wrote, “You can always tell the likelihood a start-up will succeed by the quality of the interns.”
Someone claimed that they had “just added him on LinkedIn”, claiming “he's going places.”
“Pizza? Instant hire,” read another comment.
What do you think of this?
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