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Ask HN: I need a serious critique of the UX of this hiring app?

• an4rchy 11y ago
  Tried to do a quick walkthrough of it, a couple of pointers: - The first screen (phone number) is covered by a modal asking for notification permissions (you might want to move that later into the flow) I hit "Dont allow" and it took me to a page saying "Nudj doesn't have access to your contacts". I understand that this might be relevant at a later point but let the user see the app and register before asking for all these permissions. (I can't move forward from this page because the only option is hitting "Settings" and giving you access to my contacts). I quit the app at this point. I restarted the app and decided to try with a fake UK number, and hit next once again, it asks for permission to access contacts. I hit don't allow and got stuck at the same settings page. At this point I would give up and leave (unless I see value in an app I wouldn't want to allow it to notify me or give it access to my contacts). My two cents: If the purpose is to share jobs etc , let me find something interesting (that I want to share with others) and when I click share ask for permission. If I use the App a few times or if I specifically ask to be notified ask for "notifications" permission.
  • Morgan17 11y ago
    Cheers! this is really helpful. If you were hiring you'd post a job and ask your contacts for recommendations and whoever was interested you'd launch a chat. Jobs are linked by numbers (think Whatsapp) which is why we ask for a number. so you get the right notifications. The ideal workflow is that you'd be invited by a hirer or referrer (who you know, they must have your number in order to ask you) to view an existing job. Which should be the incentive to continue. As you were trying out the UX with no context it's helpful to know what other's might be experiencing. We are exploring having the job first then going through a download/setup process.