People are passionate about improving the edtech space and are very bright. Everyone loves the company and wants to do right by the customers.
Focus is lacking. Too much micromanaging of departments.
Leadership constantly blames AI for the downturn of the edtech industry. While it is a huge contributor, the pricing model is the number one thing right now that hurts the product. Everything good is behind a paywall, and it's a high wall.
Customers complain about the price all the time. Competitors offer cheaper solutions that are often better.
Even if a customer subscribes, they still have a finite amount of access before the platform wants to start nickel and diming again. How are students supposed to afford this?
Adopt a streaming pricing model:
Application by HandShake, 10/14/17 Step 1: Online code challenge, 10/23/17 Step 2: Skype phone interview (1h), 11/10/17 Step 3: Skype video interview (30 min non-technical + 1h technical + 15min HR wrap up), 12/1/17 Declined, 12/7/17
Just got a basic phone screen that was mostly behavioral and quickly got a response. Additionally, I followed up after the rejection and was excited to see that the recruiter bothered to respond with actual detail!
There were two rounds in the process. The first round was coding in HackerRank. Questions were related to algorithms and time complexity in any language. The second round was a technical Skype interview with a software engineering manager, involving
Application by HandShake, 10/14/17 Step 1: Online code challenge, 10/23/17 Step 2: Skype phone interview (1h), 11/10/17 Step 3: Skype video interview (30 min non-technical + 1h technical + 15min HR wrap up), 12/1/17 Declined, 12/7/17
Just got a basic phone screen that was mostly behavioral and quickly got a response. Additionally, I followed up after the rejection and was excited to see that the recruiter bothered to respond with actual detail!
There were two rounds in the process. The first round was coding in HackerRank. Questions were related to algorithms and time complexity in any language. The second round was a technical Skype interview with a software engineering manager, involving