Talent
Win jobs based on what you can do today… not what’s in a resume or profile
An even shot. Show off what you can do and who you are to win jobs with great local businesses, fast growing startups and the biggest brands.
An Even ShotWin or LearnTrained to WinSee How you CompareHave Work PromotedWhat Is and What is In a Tryout
The Tryout condenses a 3 month hiring process into days. Get to know the company, the people you'll work with, ask questions you have and show off your work quality and speed, how you deal with challenges and feedback, and that xfactor that makes you special.
The Work
Show off your work quality, speed and creative thinking. This is your shot to show off what you can deliver.
The Person
From your empathy to communications and personality. This is the chance for the hirer to get to know you as a person.
The Mind
Show off your thought profess from decision making to finding the risks and opportunity in the details.
The Fit
Ask questions and be honest about what you want and expect to make sure it's a good fit for you and the company.
How does a Tryout Work
Think about a Tryout like an open audition for your favorite sports team or broadway show. It's an even shot to show the world what you can do providing an even shot to win the best jobs in the world based on what you can do today.
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View Tryouts
Sign up to get access to open Tryouts, sample Tryouts to see how you compare against the best, and Featured Tryouts to compete to be promoted to top hiring managers and team leaders.
1 minute
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Complete Tryouts
Compete Tryouts to show off what you can do. Tryouts are 2 way. Answer a few questions, ask a few questions, complete a quick project and show off why the employer shouldn't want to live without you.
:30 per tryout
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Win or Learn
With Tryouts, you win or you learn. We provide training sessions, winning tryouts, training guides and feedback. Our commitment to your success is for life!
until you win
The Results
The Tryouts removes all bias from hiring and saves hours of your time. Instead of 20 custom cover letters and 3 hours a day applying to jobs with no results - complete targeted Tryouts to get promoted to and win the best jobs in the world.
What you Get as a Member
Joining The Tryouts you get Unlimited Access to Open Tryouts, Access and Training for Featured Tryouts, and The Tryout Training posts and open sessions where we review submissions and best practices for each role.
COMPETE
Open Tryouts
Open Tryouts are opportunities to Tryout for open positions at some of the top startups and companies in the world.
COMPETE
Featured Tryouts
We promote the top submissions for Featured Tryouts to leaders at the top companies and their competitors.
MASTERY
Tryout Training
We provide Blueprints (our Training posts) and sessions where an expert reviews submissions and provides feedback.
The Roles we Cover
We cover everything from freelancers to full timers and remote to on location for marketing, engineering and more.
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MARKETING
Social Media
Social media marketers need to do much more than content creation. They are brand builders, customer acquisition experts, the first touch for sales, support, and product research. The Social Media Tryout identifies talent that can do it all - exceptionally well.
MARKETING
SEO + Content
SEO is much more than rank - it's about connecting with ideal customers during each stage of their buying journey - each piece of content created with the ideal journey in mind. Our SEO Tryout identifies candidates that connect the dots from top to bottom of funnel.
MARKETING
Email Marketer
Email marketing is a tool to provide value, engage an audience and pre-empt support requests. The Email Marketer Tryout identifies candidates that understand and can execute an email program that attracts, acquires and retains customers.
MARKETING
Product
The Product Marketer understands demand gen., and pipeline and customer success - connecting customer needs to product value. The Product Marketer Tryout identifies talent that understand how to connect customer problems to company solutions through digital story telling.
GROWTH
Paid Acquisition
There's a reason we don't break up SEM, Social and CPC. 1 channel only creates unit economic risk by focusing on optimizing a channel vs optimizing paid acquisition across channels. The Paid Growth Tryout identifies talent that knows how to leverage each paid channel based on the OKR.
GROWTH
Hacker
The Growth Hacker is someone that finds ways to drive rapid growth (like the early days of Zynga on Facebook). The Growth Hacker (or Blitzscaler) Tryout identifies talent that can find the angles to drive growth with unique tactics and untapped channels.
GROWTH
Full Stack Growth
The Full Stack Growth Marketer (Head of Demand Gen.), understands the role each demand gen. tactic plays in the user journey and can get their hands dirty to build and measure campaigns. The Full Stack Tryout identifies talent that can connect, execute and measure the dots.
SALES
BDR (Lead Gen.)
A great BDR understands the importance of context and timing. They aren't focused on shoving people into a funnel but rather understanding how to identify and attract prospects at the right time. The BDR Tryout identifies talent that connects target customer goals to company OKRs.
SALES
SDR (Lead Mngmnt.)
A great SDR is a nurturer and consultant. They appreciate the difficulty in the buying decision journey and connect with customers' pains and needs. The SDR Tryout identifies talent that has the special mix of extreme empathy and focus to deliver against customer and company goals.
SALES
Full Stack Sales
The Full Stack salesperson can source, nurture, close and support. This is a key role early on when you need someone that can drive company revenue while informing product road maps. The Full Stack Sales Tryout identifies talent that is consultant, nurturer, closer and dot connecter all in one.
DATA
BI and Analytics
This role is about how to connect the dots from 1st touch to 10 year customers - delivering insights that drive decision making for marketing, sales and product. The BI Tryout identifies talent that looks for the angles in data and can capture then translate firehoses of data into business and product insights.
DESIGN
UX / UI
UX / UI design is about a journey. A great designer takes a user through their natural questions, thoughts and feelings on a page to drive them through to a desired action and transaction. The UX / UI Tryout identifies talent that create journeys that convert and design that delights.
ENGINEERING
Mobile
Mobile Engineers today are connecting APIs, displaying complex functions and they know how to manage device vs server side activities to optimize the user experience. The Mobile Engineer Tryout identifies talent that can build anything - but thinks before they start to code.
ENGINEERING
Full Stack
Full Stack Engineers connect APIs, displaying complex functions and know how to manage browser side vs server side activities to optimize the user experience and hosting costs. The Full Stack Engineer Tryout identifies talent that can build anything - but thinks before they start to code.
ENGINEERING
Front End UI
Front End UI Engineers are the front line of your experience. They decide how a user engages with content across devices including how the pages perform (speed and interactions). The Front End UI Engineer Tryout identifies talent that deliver responsive experiences that delight and convert.
ENGINEERING
Back End
Back End Engineers ensure data is connected, displaying and storing properly. There is so much detail in the proper handling of data. The Back End Engineer Tryout identifies talent that can do all 3 - plan, manage and execute.
Track Record
The Tryouts was founded by serial entrepreneurs and operators that have built, scaled, sold and taken public 14 companies. We spent 20 years developing hiring systems and nothing mattered more than the "on field" performance to mirror what it's like to work with each candidate - before the hire
1,100+
Hired
1 Week
Average time To Hire
94%
Retained > 5 Years
Join The Tryouts
Signing up for The Tryouts takes less than a minute to get you access to Open Tryouts, The Featured Tryout Program, and analysis on any Tryouts you complete.
