 |
"Digital resume"
April 7, 2012 "Take the Interview, a service used by Union Square Ventures and Pinterest investor FirstMark Capital, has candidates log in using LinkedIn, and record video responses to preset questions, which can then be rated and commented on by individual team members. The process cuts down hour-long interviews to just several minutes." |
 |
"Take the Interview and Chally Worldwide Join to Provide the Next Generation Recruiting Tool"
April 3, 2012 "Recruiters and business leaders charged with finding the next generation of leaders will be interested in a new video interviewing software platform that reduces the process significantly. Chally Group announces their partnership with "Take the Interview" to provide tools to make the candidate selection process much more efficient and effective." |
 |
"Ty Abernethy at Lunch with DriveThruHR"
Mon, March 26 2012 "Ty Abernethy (Vice President, Operations at Take the Interview) visits with Bryan Wempen and William Tincup about HR and whatever else keeps him up at night with Corporate America." |
 |
"Female Founders To Watch From Springboard Attending SXSWi"
March 9, 2012 "Former growth capital investor Danielle founded Take The Interview to automate the candidate screening process with cloud-based video interviewing." |
 |
"Who Won Last Night's Ultra Light Startups Showdown? The Only Chick Who Pitched"
March 9, 2012 "The winners were tallied by Twitter vote. In first was the only female to speak to the crowd during the entire evening, Ms. Weinblatt and Take The Interview." |
 |
"Seminars & Events at NYCwomen.connect"
"Take the Interview is a fast-paced startup that is changing the way people hire. Our software enables hiring managers and recruiters to ask candidates their most important questions via asynchronous, or not live, video interviewing." |
 |
"No More Resumes, Say Some Firms"
February 24, 2012 "Union Square says its process nets better-quality candidates - especially for a venture-capital operation that invests heavily in the Internet and social-media - and the firm plans to use it going forward to fill analyst positions and other jobs." |
 |
"NY Native Takes Startup from Cambridge to Manhattan"
February 24, 2012 When asked why Weinblatt, who is originally an investment banking analyst from NY, decided to move from Dogpatch Labs Cambridge to Projective Space in SoHo, she replied, "it was more practical. A lot of the meetings I was conducting were in New York," and "Most of our investor base is from New York." |
 |
"Startup Summer utilizes Take the Interview to optimize intern hiring process"
"In order to make the selection process even easier we not only will provide you with the finalist's resumes but will also provide you with a recorded video interview through Take the Interview so you can immediately identify if a candidate is a fit for your company." |
 |
"Video Interviews for Pastors"
February 21, 2012 "Think about this - what if you could interview candidates via video ... and see their responses BEFORE you actually had your personal interview(s) with them?" |
 |
"Take the Interview Takes Manhattan in Strategic and Practical Maneuver"
February 21, 2012 "In a strategic play to be closer to existing investors, potential backers, and her own personal support system, Danielle Weinblatt, the CEO of Take the Interview, has moved her startup from Cambridge, MA, to New York City and is on the hunt for more funding." |
|
"Of course it's not just fashion 2.0 startups that are being created by women from HBS, take a look at Take the Interview"
February 14, 2012 |
|
"Take the Interview: Some Talent Management News" February 9, 2012 "Take the Interview, the video-based recruiting startup and former Dogpatch Labs Cambridge resident, has relocated to New York City (SoHo to be more exact). It's not a big surprise, as the company was part of the DreamIt Ventures startup program in New York last summer." |
 |
"Women in Tech: How Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Inspired Me to Start Take the Interview" February 6, 2012 "At the beginning of 2011, I went to Facebook's headquarters and I had the chance to meet Sheryl Sandberg. When Sheryl spoke to our group, she made one statement that resonated with me and will continue to resonate with me for the rest of my life. " |
 |
"Startups pass on Silicon Valley to find their fortunes in New York" February 3, 2012 Take The Interview, which started in Boston, is moving as well. The relocations fuel the continuing momentum behind New York, which has eclipsed Boston in the number of VC deals and is now becoming a destination for big companies like Facebook and eBay." |
 |
"Take the Interview names Ty Abernethy Vice President of Operations & Announces Relocation to New York City" February 2, 2012 Take the Interview, a video interviewing solution that enables employers to ask candidates their most important questions via asynchronous video interviewing, announced today that Ty Abernethy, a seasoned recruiting professional, has joined the company as Vice President of Operations. |
 |
"Video Interviewing: Smile for Me!" February 1, 2012 "Done right, video interviewing is an end-to-end brandable solution that download-free, scalable and configurable to your workflow. It offers distinct capabilities and advantages: panel interviewing, enhanced candidate experience and engagement, and candidate support. Best of all, video interviewing is a solution drives higher quality hires and enhances your brand while reducing costs." |
 |
"No cover letter. No resume. But a video?! Is this the start of a trend?" January 30, 2012 |
 |
"How does your resume tell your story? How do you stand out in a sea of white paper?" January 27, 2012 "Between interview websites like TakeTheInterview and the fact that networking is more important - and easier - ever, it seemed to make sense that nobody would want a single-page summary of what you've done and where you've been." |
 |
"Take the Interview is the most efficient video interviewing solution to screen candidates. January 26, 2012 "Collect video responses to your most important interview questions prior to the in-person interview." |
 |
"Need to interview a potential employee via the Internet? Check out the latest tools for smooth video chats." January 24, 2012 "Candidates can record answers to your video questions using any webcam. You can review the responses online and e-mail video links to colleagues. During our test, videos looked sharp and almost filled our computer screen." |
 |
"Tools for Conducting Video Interviews" January 24, 2012 "This service lets candidates record video responses to interview questions. On its site, you can create a job posting, add questions, and set a time limit for responses." |
 |
"DreamIt program helping entrepreneurs help themselves" January 23, 2012 "DreamIt's accelerator program has helped launch companies like Take the Interview, an online video-interview software for employers." |
 |
"U.S. start-up accelerator launches program for Israeli entrepreneurs" January 19, 2012 "DreamIt's business accelerators in New York and Philadelphia were established in 2008, and have helped launched companies including SCVNGR, SeatGeek, Take the Interview, CloudMine, Notehall, SupplyHog and Adaptly" |
 |
"Take the Interview?" January 18, 2012 "Take the Interview is a video interviewing platform that allows hiring managers and recruiters to ask 3-5 key questions to numerous candidates and receive video responses. These responses can be viewed during your train commute into work, when you're bored at home or basically whenever you have time that doesn't fall under crucial normal business hours." |
 |
"DreamIt Ventures Launches First Israel-U.S. Accelerator" January 17, 2012 "DreamIt Israel joins the accelerator's two other regional efforts, DreamIt New York and DreamIt Philly, which have been home to graduates like SCVNGR, SeatGeek, Take the Interview, CloudMine, Notehall, SupplyHog and Adaptly " |
 |
"Take the Interview is helping hundreds of companies" January 11, 2012 "When I got an email from a salesperson from Take the Interview-- an online video software solution that allows employers to screen candidates and conduct interviews---not only was I interested in learning more about the solution, but I immediately wanted to meet the person running the company that could very well disrupt the recruiting process as I've known it. " |
 |
"Looking to land a new job in 2012? Video job interviews may be the way to go." January 6, 2012 "Danielle Weinblatt, CEO of "Take the Interview" recently joined the FOX 25 Morning News to talk about the growing popularity of these and other means of interviewing besides the traditional sit down." |
 |
RISE U interviews Take the Interview CEO Danielle Weinblatt January 4, 2012 "Take the Interview is a web-based HR software company that enables employers to ask their most important questions to candidates and receive asynchronous (not-live) video responses back that they can review at their convenience." |
 |
"I like this idea for startup job seekers" December 28, 2011 "The candidate who takes the time to put together a video resume can be infinitely more expressive than the candidate who sends an archaic, sterile, devoid-of-any-signs-of-life paper resume. (hint: startups are looking to hire creative, passionate, self-starters. These traits are much easier to convey with a short heart-felt video than with a paper resume.)" |
 |
"Video job interviews a home run..." December 25, 2011 "Taketheinterview.com offers video interviews for job-seekers to answer timed questions in front of a webcam at home, from the waist up. For candidates, that means no more schlepping around the city in their Sunday finest on the T, and for employers, no more hour-long interviews for candidates they know in the first five minutes don't meet their needs." |
 |
"Take the Interview Helps Hiring Our Heroes Find Jobs for Veterans" December 5, 2011 "Take the Interview has announced a partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Hiring Our Heroes to help veterans improve their interviewing skills in order to successfully assist their transition to the private sector." |
|
"Women Making a Big Splash in Web Technology" November 9, 2011 "Take The Interview CEO Danielle Weinblatt on women becoming more accountable in the technology industry." |
 |
"Tech Streaming the Industry: Take the Interview" November 9, 2011 "Technology-based platforms that streamlines the entire recruiting and talent acquisition process in an innovative way, allowing efficient deployment of resources to save time and money, acquire the best talent and help people get jobs in an economy when the unemployment rate is spiraling." |
 |
"Take the Interview Enhances Job Candidate Screening With Video" November 8, 2011 "Take the Interview is a job interview service that adds a video component to job candidate screening, giving employers important information about how candidates present themselves earlier in the interview process." |
 |
"Are You Smarterer? Did You Take The Interview?" November 7, 2011 "Take The Interview uses a different approach to revolutionize hiring. Founded by Danielle Weinblatt, it seeks to provide human resource professionals with efficiency." |
|
"Take the Interview's Infographic shared Recruiter.com" October 2011 "Recruiting leaders, especially in a difficult economy, are often tasked with bringing down recruiting costs. The recruiting and interview process itself is often the source of large expenses. One way that modern employers are bringing down the cost of recruiting is through video interviews. This infographic by Take the Interview dives into the typical costs of recruiting and hiring." |
 |
"Take the Interview places in Top 5 Winners of Boston Beta People's Choice Competition." October 26, 2011 |
 |
"'Technically Philly' makes note of Take the Interview." October 25, 2011 "Announced at the DreamIt Venutres kickoff, Take the Interview (Summer 2011, New York) has received $775,000 in seed funding from angel investors. The company is a video platform for employers to scan job seekers. We've been told that the company's founder, Danielle Weinblatt wowed the crowd at Demo Day." |
 |
"We've been using a really nifty service to hire our next analyst. It's called TakeTheInterview." October 25, 2011 "I'm very enthusiastic about this new tool. Seeing people live and in person without having to commit to a long in person interview creates a lot of important information early in the hiring process. I'd encourage others to give TakeTheInterview a try." |
|
"Take the Interview - This HR start-up makes it easy to screen job candidates." October 2011 Screening job candidates is a huge waste of time. Recruiters often know after just a few minutes whether a candidate is worth an in-person interview, but they go on interviewing anyway. For big companies with endless recruits, this is a problem. That's where Take the Interview comes in. It's a video interviewing platform that lets employers ask three to five important questions to multiple candidates and receive video responses. |
 |
"Take the Interview's Infographic shared Recruiter.com" October 6, 2011 "While Unrabble is trying to reduce the time spent on reviewing resumes, Danielle Weinblatt's new company, Take the Interview, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is using the Web to slash the time spent interviewing people by screening them with questions over Web video. Take the Interview is all about making it easier to pick the right person for a job." |
 |
"Candidate screening service Take the Interview lands $775,000 in funding" September 12, 2011 Job-seekers may soon need to develop a new skill to secure their next gig: projecting confidence and competence in front of a Webcam. Cambridge-based Take the Interview, currently conducting a beta test with nearly 200 companies, wants to persuade employers to make more use of video screening as a way to find the gems amidst a pile of promising resumes. |
|
"Take the Interview Takes In $775K for Job Screening Via Video"
September 9, 2011 Score one for video-based recruiting and marketing. (Yes, there are a lot of startups in this sector, plus Skype and Google.) Cambridge, MA-based Take the Interview has closed $775,000 in seed funding this week from angel investors, as well as partners and limited partners of DreamIt Ventures, the startup incubator in New York City in which the company participated this summer. |
 |
"Take the Interview Streamlines the Hiring Process"
August 30, 2011 They say the first impression is everything. As an employer, oftentimes you know within the first few minutes of meeting someone if that candidate isn't quite the right fit for your organization. As a potential hire, you can spend hours sweating bullets over how to nail the perfect first impression. |
|
"Three start-ups to watch: Take the Interview, Re-Vinyl, AppAddictive"
August 11, 2011 DreamIt Ventures, a Philadelphia-based accelerator program, graduated its first New York class yesterday, sending 14 new start-ups into the wild. |
|
"AcceleratorsIncubators: Dreamit Ventures Dreams Big" August 11, 2011 Dreamit Ventures expanded from its Philadelphia base to New York City to support and invest in a new crop of entrepreneurs. Among those in the first NYC class: a company that assists with video interviews and another that helps students collaborate on homework with Facebook. |
 |
"The 4 Standout Startups From Dreamit Demo Day" August 10, 2011 We're back in the office after spending the morning at NYC Dreamit Demo Day where 14 startups pitched their ideas to the tech community. |
 |
"No Pants Interview" May 10, 2011 Take the Interview ('TTI') is a cloud-based interviewing platform for employers and candidates. |
 |
"DreamIt Ventures Incubator Starts Monday; Demo Day in August" May 10, 2011 Philadelphia-based DreamIt Ventures, the second established accelerator to open a New York branch, is gearing up to open its doors on Monday. |
 |
"3 Boston Startups Accepted into DreamIt Ventures NYC - Receive $25k in Seed Funding" May 10, 2011 DreamIt Ventures, a Philadelphia based VC firm and startup accelerator, which recently opened a New York City branch has just announced its inaugural group of startups and three Boston companies made the cut. |
 |
DreamIt Ventures Announces Its First Batch Of NYC Startups May 9, 2011 In January of this year, DreamIt Ventures, a Philadelphia-based VC firm and startup accelerator, announced that it would be expanding to the Big Apple, creating a startup accelerator program based in New York City. |
|
Resumes are Ancient Rome May 1, 2011 Take the Interview - @taketheview - "a cloud-based interviewing platform for employers and candidates" |
 |
Startup Watch: Five you should follow March 1, 2011 As part of each week's Startup Report, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies and their business goals and provides guest access to their company profiles in the New England Tech Directory. |
|
Boston's Quiet Startups About to Make Noise: Take the Interview, Open Mile, Locately, and More February 17, 2011 So here are five startups I've been hearing about: -Take the Interview, led by founder and CEO Danielle Weinblatt, a former private equity associate and investment banking analyst (and current MBA student at Harvard Business School). This company has scored angel financing and is already gaining some traction. The idea is a Web-based video interviewing system for employers and job seekers - basically trying to make the recruiting process more efficient by screening more candidates before doing in-person interviews. |
Affiliated with the following incubators:
Recent Presentations:
