No matter how we hire, candidates today research the company before talking/applying. What they find is not too helpful. Many startups have good-looking careers pages, but they don't answers questions like "what engg. problems do you solve at XYZ" [1], "What is the interview process at XYZ" [2] etc. These give a much better window into the team than opaque career pages or job descriptions.<p>(This is also why engineering blogs are a powerful hiring tool. Unfortunately, most such blogs languish or die slowly.)<p>Do you think there is value in helping startups create a better picture of themselves?<p>[1] https://www.quora.com/What-engineering-problems-and-challenges-is-Stripe-solving
[2] https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-engineering-interview-process-like-at-Stripe
If I were pretending to be a startup VP HR, I'd pretend to ask for data showing the value of such a service. In particular I'd need to compare how optimizing for random visitors to the careers page returns value relative to targeted recruiting.<p>Good luck.