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Airbnb has 20 job openings
- param 16y agoirony: If others have ever noted that you're borderline perfectionistic, this is the job for you! (on the customer service job posting)
- wyclif 16y agoCustomer Service posting: "Must be a college graduate." Hmm. A lot of engineers I know wouldn't qualify for customer service at AirBnB.
- qq66 16y agoMost "rules" in life are suggestions of varying strengths. Screening for "college graduate" is just a way of asking for a baseline level of education and polish. If you can demonstrate that in another way, you'll be totally fine -- it may take more effort to prove this without a diploma, but it's totally possible. The CTO of EMC is an IBM Fellow... and has a B.S. in Finance from Marist College.
- yosho 16y agoAny idea how much funding these guys got? They seem to be doing well.
- rjett 16y agoAs far as I can tell, they're only YC funded. They have steadily growing revenue (given the assumption that more people are booking lodging through their site)
- mrduncan 16y agoThey also were funded by Sequoia Capital last year. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/10/25/sequoia-capital-charges-hard-through-recession/tab/article/ http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/10/25/sequoia-capit...
- rjett 16y agoOut of curiosity, why do they only list YC in their quick facts (bottom left of page)?
- clukezic 16y agoWe scaled a rate that took us all by surprise. Obviously, some things are less important than others and we had to prioritize. We're getting around to updating the peripheral pages soon.
- pchristensen 16y agoThey were interviewed by Mixergy and Jessica Livingston recently and there's a LOT of great stuff in those interviews: http://mixergy.com/airbnb-chesky-gebbia/ http://mixergy.com/airbnb-chesky-gebbia/ http://ycombinator.posterous.com/airbnb-and-weebly-interviews-now-online http://ycombinator.posterous.com/airbnb-and-weebly-interview...
- patio11 16y agoHoly cow, they're good storytellers and it is packed with useful detail.
- jpomerenke 16y agoWould they hire the right candidate if he did not want to relocate to SF?
- tjsnyder 16y agoOn the other hand, I wonder if they will interview someone wanting to relocate to SF from out of state.
- bengl 16y agoOr country.
- ccollins 16y agoSure thing!
- seb 16y agoH1B Sponsor?
- picasso81 16y agoYes, we will sponsor an H1B if we make an offer to a candidate.
- loglaunch 16y agoAre you looking for people with lots of experience for the engineering positions or will you consider graduates?
- ccollins 16y agoWe are interested in both recent grads and veterans, as long as you are smart, fun to be around, and passionate about Airbnb. I think a well balanced team should have people with different levels of experience.
- adelevie 16y agoPerhaps a small datapoint suggesting an economic recovery?
- WillyF 16y agoThe way that I understand Airbnb's business is that they're providing an "inferior good" at least when compared to a hotel room (this is not a slight on their business). Inferior goods usually do well in poor economies (if I remember correctly, Hormel was doing really well with Spam just after the recession hit). So the fact that Airbnb is doing well probably may not be indicative of a positive trend for the economy. Then again, one company's success or failure rarely has much to do with the economy anyway.
- pchristensen 16y agoMy guess is that people go to AirBnB for the experience of meeting people, staying in an authentic locale, etc. It seems like a new disruptive product (which would also make it "inferior" to standard hotels).
- Super_Jambo 16y agoPersonal anecdote I know, but I used AirBnB to stay in Paris last month - it was all about price.
- patrickryan 16y agoThe Airbnb team is a talented group of engineers and designers. I had the opportunity to stay with them during Startup School last October and observe their work environment over the course of a few days. These guys are focused on their product and determined, good luck on the hiring! //from Texas
- physcab 16y agoHeh. When I first read "SEM Specialist", my first thought was "why does Airbnb want to hire someone who knows Scanning Electron Microscopy"?
- spoiledtechie 16y agoI always knew this was a good idea. This just shows it. and Couch surfing sort of backed it up. Im glad to see that this is really taking off. Maybe hotels could start charging less. I imagine they could be seeing a extremely small decline in their revenue.
- japherwocky 16y agoi guess they didn't like my resume. ;(
- loglaunch 16y agoWill they accept resumes from outside the US? Im just finishing my software engineering post-grad in Ireland, would love to work in a startup like Airbnb.
- picasso81 16y agoYes, we are happy to interview talented candidates from abroad.
- des47 16y agoI noticed the bi/multilingual requirements for i'natl customer service -- any preferred languages there?
- jamesshamenski 16y agoYou need to hire Jenny Ersbak. She's done three interviews with you so far and I can only say praises about her (and I'm her boss). Email me if you'd like a reference.
- wensing 16y agoI'd like to know how they chose the quantity for each slot--how did they know "we need X this, Y that, and Z these"? Is there a template for this somewhere? :-) Obviously not--but what was the process like?
- makmanalp 16y agoFun job, looks technically interesting, great benefits, growing fast (used to have 8 openings, now 20), I wish I was done with college so I could apply. Looks like a no brainer.