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I should also add - when people call you up directly and say "I want to work on your team" the dynamic is incredibly different than when you use The Lobby. On

I should also add - when people call you up directly and say "I want to work on your team" the dynamic is incredibly different than when you use The Lobby. On the candidate side, this entire conversation is about impressing you and making you potentially like me. I'm not going to ask you real questions that I'd ask a friend on the inside on culture, compensation, recruiting process. And on your end, it's basically an interview. You're not really on the "candidate's side," you're evaluating them and judging everything they say while comparing that to other candidates you speak with.

lifeisstillgood 8y ago
I think I get it. I would personally be more comfortable perhaps with a meet-up style arrangement - there will be 8 candidates and 2 or 3 "fintech insiders", and there is some speed dating style chats, and group style feedback. Otherwise, and I can read you are earnest and have thought about this, otherwise I just feel it is the wrong side of a very grey and vague line. The paying for one on one advice seems ... odd. But, and I suspect this is very important, I only have the perspective of a white well educated english speaking middle aged male with attendant confidence. If I was missing any of those I suspect that my perspective might chnage. If the university alumni team for any university / boot camp called and asked me to do the group style approach I would probably clear my diary. So I am not sure why the pay for advice part bothers me so much.
- dchhugani 8y ago
  I think I understand why it bothers you. I think if you heard one of the calls or how it happens you'd understand the magic behind them. Paid dynamic just makes it all about making it valuable to the candidate. It also lets the candidate say/ask anything in a 1-on-1 private & personalized dynamic. The problem with AMA's or meetup style things is again it's not as personalized or private. But those are things we want to tinker with as well.

lifeisstillgood 8y ago

I think I get it. I would personally be more comfortable perhaps with a meet-up style arrangement - there will be 8 candidates and 2 or 3 "fintech insiders", and there is some speed dating style chats, and group style feedback. Otherwise, and I can read you are earnest and have thought about this, otherwise I just feel it is the wrong side of a very grey and vague line. The paying for one on one advice seems ... odd. But, and I suspect this is very important, I only have the perspective of a white well educated english speaking middle aged male with attendant confidence. If I was missing any of those I suspect that my perspective might chnage. If the university alumni team for any university / boot camp called and asked me to do the group style approach I would probably clear my diary. So I am not sure why the pay for advice part bothers me so much.

dchhugani 8y ago
I think I understand why it bothers you. I think if you heard one of the calls or how it happens you'd understand the magic behind them. Paid dynamic just makes it all about making it valuable to the candidate. It also lets the candidate say/ask anything in a 1-on-1 private & personalized dynamic. The problem with AMA's or meetup style things is again it's not as personalized or private. But those are things we want to tinker with as well.